Word: droughts
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...Winthrop House resident who had taken the Harvard team by fire her freshman and sophomore years with her aggressive style of play managed just one measly goal all last year And that scoring drought really bothered Lightfoot...
WHAT WAS IT ABOUT JAMES DEAN that enabled him to attract the cult-like, fanatical worship of thousands of teenage American girls from Hollywood to the drought-ridden town of McCarthy, Texas? What was it about these teenagers in the 1950s that made them treat Dean like a second messiah before and after his tragic death on September 30, 1955? And what was it about our society that prevented some of these teenagers from developing into mature, emotionally secure adults...
...highways in Zimbabwe are now largely deserted, many workers stay home, and motorists who insist on filling up must wait for as long as 24 hours for a turn at the pump. Even nature seems to have conspired against the country: much of Zimbabwe is parched from the worst drought in a decade, crippling agriculture, which accounts for 16% of the country's gross national product and provides income to 70% of the population...
Even nature seems to have turned against Mexico this year. More than half of the country's 31 states are suffering from drought, adding further to the human misery. In Oaxaca, Peasant Farmer Manuel Ramirez Santiago, 30, explains that he has given up entirely on working the land. Instead, he has become a street-side Popsicle vendor. Agricultural experts estimate that on a nationwide scale, Mexico will have to import 10.5 million tons of basic grains by the end of 1983 to compensate for the natural disaster...
...workers have fueled inflation, now running at a rate of more than 11.5%. To trim costs, companies have slashed their payrolls, and unemployment has swelled to 7.8%, the highest level in half a century. To make matters worse, Australia's southern and eastern states are enduring their fiercest drought in 40 years...