Word: dampness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inspiration," no one expects that to occur. In election "by scrutiny," with secret written ballots, a Pope must receive two-thirds of the votes plus one. Two ballots are taken in succession each morning, and two each afternoon. After each unsuccessful vote the ballots are burned along with damp straw; the black smoke tells dead waiting world that the church still has no Pope. If a dead lock develops, the Cardinals can decide unanimously to elect "by delegation," choosing nine to 15 of their number to make the choice. At the moment the final decision comes, each Cardinal lowers...
Less than an inch of rain falls annually, which explains why houses are built without gutters or rain-spouts. But damp overcast mornings with mist are frequent, and sulphur fumes occasionally erupt from the nearby ocean bed. Taking advantage of the omnipresent sand, Walvis Baymen have built an 18-hole golf course with predictably spectacular bunkers. Perhaps the world's only drive-in movie atop a sand dune is a popular spot. Favorite sports include dune-buggy races and sand skiing at speeds of 40 m.p.h. down the precipitous 600-ft. dunes. The principal hazards for golfers, moviegoers, racers...
...damp October night in 18 -when the wind howled like a child in the chimney. In those days Sherlock Holmes kept a child in the chimney for comparison purposes...
Since the Fall it has been one rude truth after another. Copernicus elbowed us from celestial stage-center with his observation that the earth revolves around the sun. Darwin opened the closet of evolution to introduce family skeletons that further questioned our singular divinity. Under the damp side of civilized behavior, Freud found the perpetually rutting...
...stock market plummeted, the recently resuscitated pound slipped again and the Liberals began to mutter threats of ending their pact with the Labor Party unless Healey came up with some bigger tax cuts. Reflecting the general mood of Britons, Conservative M.P. William Clark scowled: "The budget is a damp squib...