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Word: damp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is no snow. Winter has forgotten its lines. On damp, gray days at the beginning of December we said to each other, "It's coming" and "Looks like we're in for it," pretending to be worried at the approach of the first northeaster of the season. The fact is that everyone welcomes the melodrama of a big snowstorm. It is not just the sounds of the town and the highway that are hushed. The raging of ego and the clank of ambition are stilled at least for a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Waiting for the Big One | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

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