Word: yielding
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...BOTTOM LINE: Cerebral pleasures yield to emotional pain in a wry blend of Byron, biographers, physics and gardens...
While such concern for endangered species can be irritating and costly, it can also yield unexpected benefits for both wildlife and man. Consider the case of Edwards Aquifer, which flows about 175 miles across six Texas counties and is relied upon for irrigation and as the sole source of water for 1.7 million people in and around San Antonio. It is what biologists call a "hot spot," because the aquifer's spring system is home to 65 species found nowhere else on earth. Among them: the fountain darter, the Texas blind salamander and Texas wild rice. Falling water levels...
...Residents can get a more controlled tourism, yet with an enhanced yield," Levie said, arguing that even if the number of tourists remained the same, the city could reap more tax money from their economic spinoff with careful planning...
...true, and in the end it was. A government-appointed commission has set aside the results of national elections in the face of legal challenges over alleged voting irregularities. The challenges come mostly from close allies of General Ibrahim Babangida, the military despot who was supposed to yield power later in the summer...
...said the results of the survey are consistent with what admissions officers have heard from admitted students during the past decade. Yield percentages, Fitzsimmons said, tend to fluctuate a great deal from year to year...