. Kendall Throughout the 1980s the school district was recognized for expertly assimilating wave after wave of new immigrants particularly children from Nicaragua and Haiti and from Cuba's Mariel Boatlift it was highly regarded for its handling of displaced students after the 1982 Miami riot in which 14 schools were badly damaged due to fire and vandalism.[citation needed] the Haitian students who came during the 1980s and 1990s were mostly low income and high school-aged students generally attended Miami Edison High School. (35) 51.13 During the 1970s Miami was a news leader due to the response to a Dade County ordinance protecting individuals on the basis of sexual orientation.[citation needed] Opposition to this ordinance which was repealed was led by Florida orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant. Demographics Physical and social factors of competitive business and social environment, Main article: Park West (Miami) The economic prosperity of the 1920s set the conditions for a real estate bubble in Florida Miami had an image as a tropical paradise and outside investors across the United States began taking an interest in Miami real estate Due in part to the publicity talents of audacious developers such as Carl G Fisher of Miami Beach famous for purchasing a huge lighted billboard in New York's Times Square proclaiming "It's June in Miami" property prices rose rapidly on speculation and a land and development boom ensued Brokers and dealers speculated wildly in all classes of commodities as well ordering supplies vastly in excess of what was actually needed and even sending shipments to only a general destination with the end result being that railroad freight cars became stranded in the state choking the movement of rail traffic. 4.1 Importance of language and cultural studies Homestead Joint Air Reserve Base HST KHST Miami-Dade As rain continued to fall the slightly acidic rainwater dissolved the limestone as limestone wore away the groundwater came into contact with the land surface and created a massive wetland ecosystem Although the region appears flat weathering of the limestone created slight valleys and plateaus in some areas These plateaus rise and fall only a few inches but on the subtle South Florida topography these small variations affect both the flow of water and the types of vegetation that can take hold; Miami Florida Business directory Alvah H Chapman Graduate School of Business Precipitation totals in inches.
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