Word: chillness
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Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf may not be comparable to a Stephen King novel or a Scott Turow mystery, but its vivid portrayal of Saddam Hussein and its rational analysis of the prospects for war in the Persian Gulf will put a winter chill on any holiday...
...tree earlier this year. Philmont chaplain Rusty Cowden, 38, remembers his own trek in 1967: "We got lost. A bear ate our food, and it rained 11 out of 12 days." But Cowden recalls the trip joyously. Coping with blisters, bears and soggy meals somehow adds texture to the chill of windy mountaintops and the sight of wildlife roaming in ghostly aspen groves. Most of all, scouting's unstylish traditions of group discipline and self-reliance provide a powerful social cement. "Scouting comes down generations, from my father to my brother to me," says 501's Morgan Browning...
Czechoslovakia is preparing to distance itself from Cuba by no longer allowing his diplomats to operate from its Washington embassy. (The U.S., of course, has no relations with Havana.) Soviet officials are planning to meet in Moscow next month with Cuban exiles. Does Castro feel a chill...
...chill in consumer spending this Christmas would come at the worst possible time for a retailing industry that is desperately overbuilt and heavily indebted. While the U.S. population grew only 10% during the 1980s, a building boom expanded retail square footage 75%. As a result, nearly half of all retail space is superfluous, according to Management Horizons, the market- research division of Price Waterhouse. Making matters worse, a frenzy of mergers and acquisitions during the past few years has saddled the 30 largest retail companies with a staggering debt burden of $60 billion. Struggling to meet interest and debt payments...
...With the chill wind and sleet at its back during the first half, Harvard needed to convert early opportunities...