Word: spills
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actual event has so far proved to be far less damaging. Thanks to mild weather that kept the spill at bay, by the end of last week the 217-mile-long slick had stagnated about 29 miles off the Moroccan coast. Though the spill from the Iranian supertanker Khark 5 is the 16th largest in history, its eventual impact on the environment and Morocco's economy may be relatively mild. But until the oil is completely dispersed, changes in the weather may yet push the crude onto the shore. That possibility was keeping Moroccans on edge...