Word: threats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With 34 minutes to play, Reilly made anaggressive play to break up a Penn bid in front ofthe goal. On the ensuing cornerkick, Reilly made ajump save, thwarting the Quaker threat...
...hazardous waste at the St. Paul's Parish parking lot has been downgraded to a non-priority which means that there is no immediate threat to the health and welfare of the residents or the environment," said Johanna A. Prindville. "The property did not get a clean bill of health, but the owner does assume responsibility for any costs that might occur...
Such warnings are particularly worrisome at a time when mechanical failures appear to have replaced the threat of terrorism as the leading concern of air travelers. A recent spate of engine explosions, stress cracks and other in- flight mishaps has made passengers keenly aware of once esoteric matters such as turbine blades and hydraulic systems. The public's concern is % compounded by the airline industry's frank admission that it cannot find enough mechanics to do the increasingly complex job of maintaining its aging planes...
...more than 2.5 million in the 1930s to 250,000. Thirteen Everglades animals are now endangered species. Only about 30 Florida panthers remain, and in recent years several have been killed on roads cutting through the area. Half the original Everglades has been lost to development. Now the biggest threat comes not from bulldozers but in nutrient-laden runoff from sugarcane and vegetable farms that lie to the north, between the Everglades and its chief source of water, Lake Okeechobee...
Dinkins wins the Democratic primary by stressing racial reconciliation. -- A flap over a gay prostitute leads the list for congressional sex scandals. -- Spreading farms and urban sprawl pose a deadly threat to Florida's Everglades...