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...purpose: to control the seasonal flooding that spilled over the river's banks onto 60,000 surrounding acres, destroying property and jeopardizing tourism. Now, in the first rejection of a corps' project ever, the South Florida Water Management District could spend up to $65 million to undo the Army handiwork and return the channel more or less to its original course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Now You See It, Now You Don't | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

...husband claims one of Erma's columns can undo what I have learned in six months of Heloise. Connie Daley Upper St. Clair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 23, 1984 | 7/23/1984 | See Source »

...does not exist. "There are no torn loyalties," says J.A.C.L. National Director Ron Wakabayashi. "It gives a completely wrong impression." Adds Floyd Shimomura, the organization's president, "We spent three generations trying to prove our loyalties [to the U.S.]. I'd hate to see a TV show undo all of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Hard Soap | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...action is taken, however, the courts in South Carolina have the last word. At Katrina's adoption hearing last week, Judge Robert Mallard made his leanings clear. "No one is contesting the adoption, and the child is obviously well cared for," he said. "What am I to do? Undo the bonds of love that have already developed?" Nestling Katrina in her quilted stroller, the couple left the courtroom beaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newborn Fever | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...will occur to some that, in securing his post-Games position now, Ueberroth is ensuring himself against unknown risks. If the Olympics are pleasing and profitable, he will be honored for it. But any number of lethal or logistical horrors could undo his best work. "I warned the baseball owners that they were electing a commissioner who may be the most criticized man in the country for months before he even arrives." Kuhn, in letting himself in for one more season of criticism, is no more reluctant at heart than Pete Rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Commissioner on Deck | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

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