Word: downpours
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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This River Run did not fail to deliver excitement. Participants arrived at Newell Boat House groggy but resolute, donning official House gear and chanting the names of their beloved dormitories as they braved a steady downpour from the heavens...
...play, but they came in spurts. Whether a result of the weather or not, momentum shifted very quickly over the course of the game. “I think we could bring more intensity to games like this,” Mann said. Slick and damp from a morning downpour, the field prevented either team from gaining the upper hand. It was difficult to play quickly on the ground as passes and touches went astray. As a result, both teams ended up resorting to the long ball. “It’s tiring to play under these conditions...
...Gordon Brown made his speech. Yet something was missing: the chance to blow off steam by trading insults or even blows with colleagues. An unfamiliar spirit of universal amity took the edge off debates that in earlier years might have degenerated into cathartic screaming matches. Sheltering from a sudden downpour in the lee of a seafront pub, one Labour old-timer joked to another: "Now that's what I call rain - good and honest, just like Gordon...
...case you fear traveling light, here's a superfluous tchotchke to lug around. It's an umbrella designed to protect your camera. Once you've set up your tripod, this goes up top, above the camera, so that the storm doesn't drench your $1,000 device. In a downpour, setting up and adjusting the umbrella to protect your camera may prove a tricky task. And how often are you desperate to set up a tripod photo when it's raining hard enough to require an umbrella? It'll only cost $25 to find...
MacFarlane joked about the downpour at the beginning of his speech, saying, “There’s nowhere I’d rather be than around all this electrical equipment...