Word: alterable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Below, waiting in the subway station, we found a dozen other pairs of weekend magicians dressed up to suit their urbane alter egos. We mingled and traded charms. When the train brought us all to Boston we scattered for a dozen different night spots. The two of us got on another car whose riders were all dressed to impress. An old couple on the bench next to us beamed. The woman said to her husband, "I hope you don't mind if I get up and start swinging in the aisles." He chuckled. They were going to hear Benny...
...poet's alter ego travels to Venice. Henry worries over "his failing life, / his whiskey curse, his problems with his wife." He watches his young daughter grow older and thinks: "This is the end of Daddy, the shallowing of the depths of her childhood, when bearded Daddy was any." Though Berryman could movingly record Henry's despair at the deaths of friends, the poet could also tease his own creation...
...soothe bruised feelings and win friends in Congress, Carter will be making more use of the diplomatic talents of Vice President Walter Mondale. The President's own record is mixed. He completely outmaneuvered Representative Jack Brooks, who wanted to alter the President's Government reorganization plans. The President invited 14 Democrats on Brooks' committee to the White House and persuaded them to endorse his approach. Knowing when he was beaten, Brooks said last week that he would make no attempt to stop the President's proposal...
...polar air flows toward the equator. The planet's eastward rotation skews the movement of air and causes the prevailing westerly winds that blow from North America toward Europe, and roar across the southern oceans. Topographical features, such as land masses and mountains, and uneven heating patterns further alter the air flow. The result is the assortment of high-and low-pressure regions and the winds that give the earth its weather...
...long-term effects of weather modification might be even more disastrous. Meteorologists point out that tropical storms serve as an environmental safety valve, enabling the planet to distribute the enormous heat that would otherwise build up around the equator. Preventing these storms, they warn, could drastically alter the earth's atmosphere and climate, possibly for the worse. Others fear that altering weather patterns over one region of the globe could result in the disruption of rainfall and damage or even destroy vital crops elsewhere...