Word: damping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When at long last the weeks of damp misery receded yesterday and spring became something more than a name, the men's track team rose to the occasion, soundly defeating six opponents to win the Greater Boston Championships (GBC) yesterday at Boston College for the second consecutive year...
...found a winding staircase which led to a narrow balcony to the rear of the chilly room. Outside, the clouds had parted a bit and the sun brought several of the stained-glass New Testament parables to life. The smooth white marble railing we leaned against was cold and damp. For such a small place, it seemed capable of a magnificent silence...
Water filters used by smokers to remove impure substances from marijuana probably do not remove Aspergillus because the fungus "loves damp areas," Kagan said...
...whole scene was intensely Princeton. Mammoth, hollow, damp Jadwin Gym, where no Harvard basketball team has ever won. Well-orchestrated cheers performed by a smartly dressed crowd of 3000. Eight Bouncy, blonde-haired cheerleaders, who all looked alike. And flawless Princeton defense, which combined with a disciplined, well-coached set offense to blow the Crimson right out of this small New Jersey town...
They met on a cold, damp Venetian morning, the wild ducks flying overhead. The hunter was 49, married, famous. The girl was 18, a dark Leonardesque virgin. "I love you more than the moon and the sky," he would later write her. "Daughter, how complicated can life be?" Very, she would answer: "I tried to remain on the razor's edge, because had I asked, you would have thrown yourself from a wall for me." Ernest Hemingway did not go quite that far to prove his love for young Adriana Ivancich, but he did write her some...