Word: chills
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...fruit desserts are especially good, and the restaurant's unique blend of coffee is excellent. No liquor is served, but you can bring your own, and the restaurant staff will chill your wine and provide you with glasses...
...declaration suggested that Spinola was willing to let sink his pet idea of a "Lusitanian Federation"-a close alliance of Portugal with semi-autonomous African territories. As the general's speech went on, however, a chill set in. In an apparent volte-face from his earlier tone, he outlined four gradual stages of decolonization, only at the end of which would the possibility of independence be broached...
...lifted from the book, like so many concrete blocks, and deposited onto the screen. They arrange themselves as a series of hurdles, which the actors negotiate with disheartening lack of success. James found his drama in nuance and inference, in the risky currents of society which can warm or chill in their natural course. When James' people talk about being invited to a salon or about being cut off, they are employing the author's own intricate metaphor-performing a ritual of crucial selection. Bogdanovich and his screenwriter, Frederic Raphael (Darling), have swept out all the undertone from...
...inability to preserve fish meant either feast or famine. Days of intense heat alternated with days of rain-soaked chill. Storms repeatedly swamped the dinghy. Spirits soared-and fell-as seven ships maddeningly passed within one or two miles without sighting the Baileys. Future transoceanic yachtspersons who think that waving a shirt attracts nautical attention will be sobered by the Baileys' experience. Sharks kept bumping the bottom of the raft, whether in hopes of turning it over or simply scratching their backs the Baileys could never decide...
...fashion very suddenly, especially if gasoline flows as freely as expected with the Arab embargo off. On the other hand, high gasoline prices will continue to inhibit driving, and most economists do not expect inflation and unemployment to abate much until late in the year. So the unseasonable chill on retail sales could last well into the hot-weather months...