Word: drought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Need some big hits to fire Harvard up? Call the utility line. Need a goal to snap a scary scoreless drought? Call the utility line. Need some good old fashion hard-nosed hockey? You know what to do. You know who to call...
Maybe. But for now, coaches and players of spring sports would like nothing better than a big, fat drought...
...introduced in Sarah, Plain and Tall, the Hallmark Hall of Fame 1991 hit. In SKYLARK (Feb. 7, CBS), the mail-order marriage of Sarah (Glenn Close) and Jacob (Christopher Walken) has turned into a tender love match, and Sarah's stepchildren are thriving. The problem is nature: a serious drought is threatening life on the Kansas plains. In Sarah, Jacob was the one who had to put his past in perspective; this time, the drought forces his wife to take a similar journey. Unfortunately, the trip is uneventful. As agreeable as it is, this visit seems less a sequel than...
...fungus multiplies dramatically whenever the soil becomes damp after a protracted dry spell. Swept into the air by winds, construction equipment, even the passing feet of farm workers, the spores can travel up to hundreds of miles on the surface of dust particles. Central California's six-year drought, which has been interspersed with warm, heavy rains, as well as the region's construction boom, provided the ideal conditions for fungal proliferation...
...above average and rising, and the snowpack's water content is 170% above normal. With the wettest months still to come, some reservoirs, such as Little Rock in Antelope Valley, right, that were low just months ago are now overflowing. Still, % meteorologists refuse to concede that the six-year drought is over, insisting that two more wet years are necessary to replenish underground water tables and permit an end to conservation efforts...