Word: drought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rain Dances. Even the elements seemed to be cooperating. Kansas City basked in an unseasonal 90°, Chicago in 85° heat. A drenching rain ended a two-month drought in Southern California, tying up Los Angeles freeways and delaying drivers as much as two hours. In the bone-dry cattle country of West Texas, winds surpassing 60 m.p.h. turned the sky dark red with dirt at midday last week, a prelude to five inches of rain that interrupted seven months of Dust Bowl drought, perhaps in answer to Cherokee rain dances. But there was no relief for Florida...
...Crimson's long frustrated third line took over from there as Tommy Paul scored and Lief Rosenberger broke out of an endless drought, knocking in a Paul pass. With Harvard leading 7-3, the first line moved in to fatten up their scoring totals as Cayanagh, DeMichele, and Owen all picked up their second goals...
DeMichele continued to pick up his scoring pace, netting four goals for the Crimson. He has now scored eight goals in the last three games after experiencing a long drought around Christmas time...
...opportune moment to seek a stronger mandate. Reports TIME Correspondent James Shepherd from New Delhi: "Much of the economy's forward thrust has been less the doing of Indira's government than a benevolent rain god who has given India four consecutive excellent harvests since the drought years. This year's food crop will be around 106 million metric tons, the best ever." From Mrs. Gandhi's point of view, that is good reason to hold elections now-before the rain god has a chance to turn malevolent...
...first four minutes of the game. While the Big Red fans stood screaming. Cornell took numerous point-blank shots at Durno and grabbed a quick 1-0 lead. A penalty slowed the Red's momentum, and DeMichele broke out of a five-game scoring drought, firing home a perfect pass from Cavanagh to tie the score, 1-1. Cornell struck again at 13:51, but once more Harvard recovered to tie it up. Cavanagh netted the Crimson's goal, faking out a defenseman and Copper on a solo rush. Both tallies came on power plays...