Word: downpour
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...When the downpour ended, the local Weather Bureau announced that nine inches of rain had fallen-an alltime 24-hour record for Tulsa...
...monsoon downpour rained on the Plain of Jars last week-and so did a barrage of Communist Pathet Lao artillery and mortar shells. In an effort to consolidate last month's ground gains on the Plain, the Reds began pinpoint artillery attacks on the last remaining Neutralist toe holds on the plateau, as well as on the headquarters of Neutralist Army Leader General Kong Le at Muong Phan, just west of the Plain. Typically, the Reds blamed the U.S. for the resumption of hostilities, said that "the Americans have given orders to the reactionaries of Kong Le to attack...
This week's continuous cold, inconvenient downpour depressed everyone in town except Cambridge's overjoyed umbrella salesman...
Only a step-up in the downpour cooled off the President and brought him to a quick close. "I have too high regard for this state to have the rain fall upon all of you, but I want you to know how much I appreciate your coming here tonight in a cold, rainy night. I come to West Virginia tonight for the purpose of asking your help in giving us the men and women who, joining together in Washington, can help West Virginia and the country move forward...
...marking 114 years of Anglo-Liberian friendship. As they boarded an open landau for the 40-minute trot to Buckingham Palace along with squads of Household Cavalry, the rains came. The Queen balanced a royal bumbershoot, but President Tubman had only his black topper to ward off the downpour as he waved to the smattering of onlookers along their route. At the palace, the Queen gave a very wet Tubman a well-earned honor-the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath...