Word: cloud
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evacuees began to return home the next day when fire fighters had seemingly brought the burning chemical under control. But while the tanker was being righted, it reignited. As the vapors formed a three-mile-wide cloud that loomed like fog over the area, police cruised through the streets ordering residents to clear out once more. This time almost 30,000 area residents fled. It was the largest evacuation in Ohio history, transforming Miamisburg into a temporary ghost town...
...evacuation was originally planned to begin this month, but the Government will not force any of the Navajo to move until new houses can be built for them. Yet a cloud of paranoia darkens Big Mountain. Many Navajo believe their relocation is the result of a conspiracy between the Government and energy companies eager to mine the reservation's riches. Meanwhile, Danny Blackgoat has decided to move back to Big Mountain. He wants to be near his mother and rebuild an abandoned hogan, the traditional Navajo dwelling of juniper logs and mud. His mother, stoic and unyielding, welcomes the support...
...multi-event affairs that stretch the ceremonies and attendant celebrations into a three-day party. VIP Fantasy Locations in Marina del Ray, Calif., gets 25 calls a day inquiring about wedding rentals of its 88-ft. yacht, Sundowner. An "Affordable Fantasy" on- board wedding is $5,500, and a "Cloud Nine" prices out at $9,999, which includes the cost of 99 white pigeons sent heavenward at an appropriately celebratory moment. Don't call about next week, though. The ship is booked solid until October...
...this play of sexual charades, Edward's announcement comes as little surprise. For the play is all about repression and conforming to sexual expectations, or not. Every character in Cloud 9 is trying to break free of repression and act only as he or she wishes. Mired in having to hide perversities behind closed doors in the Victorian age, the characters have no hope of achieving any freedom...
Performed in the cozy Loeb experimental theater, Cloud 9 somehow involves the entire audience in its plot. At times, the characters pause for soliloquies and then the play reaches its most poignant moments. But the play is not often sweet, nor does it often seem realistic. Therefore, you really do not care how the characters resolve their problems, but end up feeling more grateful that you are not one of the tortured few on stage...