Word: brush
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last winter, while the north would be warmer and drier. That's just what happened: at one point this winter, it was snowing in Guadalajara, Mexico, while thermometers in Saskatchewan registered in the 50s. That doesn't mean the scientists are always right, of course. They can make broad-brush predictions of El Nino's effects without being able to forecast exactly what will happen in any given place. Some of the early prediction scenarios--no snow for the Olympic Winter Games at Nagano and monsoon failure in India--never materialized...
...current scandal, it is difficult to determine who or what should be believed. Whatever the out-come, this case has been a sad episode in our history. Monica Lewinsky has suffered irrevocable damage to her reputation, career prospects and potential for leading a normal life because of her involuntary brush with notoriety. The First Family has been forced to endure a humiliating crisis in full view of the world...
...advanced stage of leukemia and the fact that his donor was not a complete match, having one different antigen, lowered the odds of Kuo's recovery. After Kuo's transplant operation on Dec. 10, Kuo had a brush with death. Near Christmas, his liver and kidney functions went almost fatally askew...
Poliakoff said he received a letter of apology from Brush Hill Transportation, signed by Rauseo. The letter did not offer a refund or a reimbursement, he said...
...December 16 and 17, 1997, the Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Council hired Brush Hill Transportation to take students to Logan Airport. The vast majority of the buses ran as scheduled. For a small number of the shuttles, some drivers misunderstood the exact orders, causing temporary delays in transportation. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused to the students taking the U.C. shuttle. Brush Hill looks forward to serving the Harvard community again...