Word: runoff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thousand miles to the northwest, in the Florida Everglades, the vista is much different. Chemical runoff from the corporate cultivation of sugar cane imperils vegetation and wildlife. Polluted water spills out of the glades into Florida Bay, forming a slimy, greenish brown stain where fishing once thrived...
...Washington doesn't want to publicize it yet, because there are still runoff gubernatorial elections in which Cardoso needs support," says TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl. "The news that austerity measures are coming along with the bailout might cost him politically with constituents." But Cardoso is pressed for time. His best chance to get those painful budget cuts through Brazil's Congress is to move fast, while he's dealing with an outgoing group that's less likely to worry about short-term political fallout. That's a presidential problem Bill Clinton would love to have right now -- his Congress...
DEAD WOMAN RUNNING Jacquelyn Ledgerwood [photo 1], a Democratic candidate for Senate in Oklahoma, died before the primary. Even dead, she was a popular lady, taking 25% of the vote and forcing a runoff against air conditioner repairman Don E. Carroll. But Carroll may not prove the most fiery challenger. "I do have to work some," complains Carroll. "I have to eat; you know how that is. The mortgage is still due. I have to pay insurance." Republican incumbent Don Nickles can keep cool...
...politicians too. But this week's mayoral primary could change that. Former California Governor Edmund G. ("Jerry") Brown Jr. is far ahead of his opponents--46% support among registered voters, vs. single digits for all the others. If he gets 50%, there will be no need for a runoff...
...company office and pulls out a grim photographic record of Pfiesteria's impact. "Here's a rockfish with its mouth all messed up," he says. "Here's a carp with lesions on its side. Here's one with its nose all messed up." The state needs to limit agricultural runoff before the problem gets any worse, Maddox says. "We're already seeing more dead fish than we need...