Word: sonoran
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Such dangers are especially acute in the remote Sonoran Desert of eastern Arizona. Because of U.S. border-patrol crackdowns elsewhere, the Sonoran section has become the busiest corridor for illegal immigration. So far this year, U.S. officers have caught 350,000 illegals there, up 25% from last year. Officials estimate that more than twice that number got through, to Phoenix and points beyond. As the traffic has mounted, so have the casualties. All told, 154 migrants in the Southwest have died this year from heat exposure, drowning and accidents--a 30% increase over...
...decorate the burgeoning casinos. Shortly after she arrived, the Mirage hired her to create the jungle. By that time she had begun using artificial plants because they were easier to work with and clients seemed to like them. She has since created everything from a replica of Arizona's Sonoran Desert for an Atlantic City, N.J., casino to a European country garden inside the Sheraton in Lima, Peru...
...high Sonoran desert north of Tucson, amid blooming cacti, rattlesnakes and Gila monsters, a remarkable building is taking shape. Covering 1.3 hectares (3.15 acres) and sheltered under a gleaming, 26-meter- high (85-ft.) cathedral-like latticework roof of steel tubing and glass, Biosphere II is both an architectural wonder and a scientific tour de force. In December eight people will be sealed inside for two years, getting nothing from the outside but information, electricity and sunshine. Along with 3,800 plants and dozens of species of invertebrates, mammals and other living organisms, they will form the largest self-sustaining...