Intensively cultivated and denuded of natural vegetation, the huge lowland flood-plains of major rivers, notably the Yellow and Yangzi, are a seemingly endless patchwork of fields.

The aqueity, Terreity, and sulphureity Shall run together again, and all be annulled

Currently, 29 states allow some option of mail-in absentee voting that does not require the voter to explain the request for a mail ballot, according to Electionline.org, a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy Web site.

Evolutionary traps can threaten populations and species if they result in widespread reductions in survival and reproduction.