Word: cold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...irrelevant, except as a scenic backdrop for campaign commercials and TV sound bites. All that matters is Little Iowa, a mythical state with a population smaller than Alaska's, a tiny political universe of roughly 110,000 Republicans and 100,000 Democrats likely to attend the caucuses on a cold Monday night in February. The rub, of course, is that the residents of Little Iowa are inconveniently sprinkled across the 55,941 sq. mi. of Big Iowa, indistinguishable from their neighbors by any characteristics save their political commitment and, perhaps, the presence of their name on a campaign's canvass...
...most famous escapes, trapped underwater in an icy river. He found air bubbles between the hard ice and the water's surface, and they were enough to sustain him until he broke through. The Pet Shop Boys are on to this trick. They know, like Houdini, that the cold helps set the legend...
...Family has a Christmas-time ritual. When the Grinch rears his ugly head and the wintry winds begin to whip wildly westward (making Chicago very cold), we pack up the family station wagon and head south. To Florida...
Attention is now focusing on what caused the spill. There has been speculation that the steel of the Ashland tank may have become brittle in the bitter cold. Other possible causes: flaws in the tank's foundation, which had to support 30 million lbs., or in an underground water pipe. Ashland has also been criticized for reusing the steel. Hall admits that using old metal was one of "a few areas of questionable judgment" at issue. While not admitting liability, Hall said, "I wish our people had pursued the application more diligently...
...Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. As a result, youngsters have gone untreated even though doctors can usually prevent rheumatic fever with penicillin. Warns Jane Schaller, chief pediatrician at New England Medical Center in Boston: "Parents will have to pay more attention to what appears to be a simple cold...