Word: drought
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occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine will try to end its drought against the undefeated Crimson softball squad this Sunday, when the two teams continue a series that began in the last quarter of the nineteenth century...
...webs that sustain life on our planet--and, increasingly, by the threat of their unraveling. Indeed, unless we reach across borders and face this threat together, the next century may dawn on an Earth in ecological crisis, with half of all species gone, and our grandchildren enduring deadly floods, drought and disease brought on by global warming...
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE www.foe.org.hk Braving the threat of high-altitude sickness, Chinese volunteers are traveling to the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau, the source of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, to plant drought-resistant shrubs and trees intended to halt soil erosion. They are also sending bottles downstream with messages urging water conservation and an end to logging in critical areas along the river...
...nine-year drought is the longest dry spell of any of the four Beanpot teams...
...Thank God for Elian Gonzalez. Yes, yes, I'm as sick of the very pampered little boy as you are ("Mommy mommy, I want ice cream!" he screams and the next day Ben and Jerry's brings him a lifetime supply), but he thankfully ended a severe news drought. Until last week, Time and Newsweek were resorting to their stock stories - you know, updates of "Is There Really Life on Mars?", "Human Cloning: The Future is Now," "Was Jesus Black?," etc... Every time Anna Kournikova wins a tennis match, her mother and coach make a beeline for the nearest liquor...