Word: autumn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong sentiments on both sides about whether the philosophy of the House system is one of diversity or one of free choice indicate anything. University Hall and the masters could be in for a long, hot autumn...
...anywhere from 3 million to 5 million bbl. per day. But now that the price of oil has begun to stabilize, at least temporarily, some industry analysts expect oilmen to begin replenishing their storage tanks. Energy Expert Lawrence Goldstein of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation estimates that by autumn the non-Communist world's oil needs from OPEC will reach about 20 million bbl. per day. At present, however, the cartel's producers are pumping less than 17.5 million bbl. out of the ground...
...stood out. Winter was approaching. The increasing violence of some of the worst weather in the world made it imperative to act soon. Keeping a fleet of that size at sea about 8,000 miles from home would raise problems even in the conditions of a tropical paradise. In autumn in the Roaring Forties [the South Atlantic from 40° to 50° latitude, a region near the Falklands known for rough seas] what has to be done must be done quickly. Argentina's advantage lay in spinning the negotiations out, Britain's in speedy resolution. Be bold...
...training camps, early warmups for the major league season ahead. Midsummers often bring his reflections from far off the beaten base paths: he has spent some time with a former star or picked up on the fortunes of an obscure semipro pitcher. After the World Series, he recaps the autumn games and the various heroics leading up to them. Now another pattern is emerging. His pieces were collected into books in 1972 (The Summer Game) and 1977 (Five Seasons). No fan will have trouble interpreting these statistics. It is 1982, time for another quinquennial classic...
...state, concluding in a massacre. Private Domain (1969) exposes a beach full of muscle builders, sexual athletes and Esther Williams-style chorus lines. Orbs (1966) harks back to the wedding scene in Martha Graham's landmark Appalachian Spring. Here, however, the screwball marriage takes place in "Terrestrial Autumn," where a drunk polkas with a rubber turkey...