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Perhaps because of its vastness and rugged terrain, Andros became a favorite of the pirate fleets; one of its major settlements is called Morgan’s Bluff after the pirate leader Henry Morgan, who is said to have buried treasure on one of the beaches in the area.
This confluence of a bad tax, a $1 billion reserve, a botched opposition campaign, and voters willing to call a bluff resulted in the I-695 victory.
The New York Times and Washington Post say the change will call the bluff of Senate leaders who had objected to the bill on free speech grounds.
Frequently a name was chosen on the basis of a topographical feature, resulting in such names as Bluffdale (dale near a bluff), Clifton (town near a cliff), Shopton near a repair shop, and Coalinga near a coal shed.
Book-- Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage , by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew, with Annette Lawrence Drew;