Word: runoff
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Flattened musk turtle An Alabama reptile listed in 1987 because it was threatened by runoff from old coal mines. Local Congressmen claimed that protecting it could cost billions, but the ruckus died down when new mines were able to meet standards...
After handily defeating celebrity novelist Mario Vargas Llosa in last week's presidential runoff, Alberto Fujimori made it clear that he has no intention of administering strong medicine to Peru's exhausted economy. The bespectacled former university professor reaffirmed his campaign promise that he would avoid "shock" therapy that might hurt the poor...
...Germany and Lithuania, are declining dramatically, and summer bathing is in jeopardy. The Vistula River, which runs through Poland, is so laden with poisons and corrosive chemicals that stretches are considered unusable for factory coolant systems, much less for drinking water. The Danube is endangered at every turning by runoff from nitrogen-rich agricultural fertilizers and by the industrial plants that discharge along its banks, from West Germany, where it rises, to Romania, where it pours into the Black...
...state behind it and with a large following of peasants and workers, the National Salvation Front seems increasingly confident of a sweeping victory in this weekend's elections. Not even the opposition parties seriously deny that likelihood, although they have hopes that Iliescu will be forced into a runoff for the presidency by failing to win more than 50% of the vote in the first round. It seems a faint hope -- perhaps as faint as the long-term prospects for Western-style democracy in Romania...
...days after the Texas runoff, any hope that Democrats would keep their bad habits in check in Florida collapsed with the announcement by Chiles that he would, after all, enter the Sept. 4 primary. Until then, Nelson, from the Cape Canaveral area and known primarily for his 1986 ride in space, was the leading candidate, ahead of state senator George Stuart. But many Democrats think the best chance of defeating Martinez is a dream ticket of Chiles, who as "Walkin' Lawton" traveled the length of the state on foot in 1970 to win his Senate seat, and former Congressman Buddy...