Word: flood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...difficult to say anything novel on the subject, and it tends to run itself out pretty quickly. You hear about people who really like to watch the Weather Channel, but I bet these people are not actually into weather so much as natural disaster; note the tornado and flood videos being advertised for $19.99 (plus shipping and handling), and the comparative dearth of mail-order movies about, say, humidity...
...found it somewhat dismaying to see that even the Summerbridge program--a program designed to teach America's students using a non-traditional method--was confined by standardized testing strictures. This fall I read an issue of Newsweek that spoke to my concerns. A flood of memories poured over me: I began to collect information from editorials, essays, novels, speeches, casual conversation and personal experience. Now, I feel compelled to contribute my viewpoints to the already volatile debate...
Also, meetings like the one held at Harvard will help American universities welcome the current flood of students from China, Vogel said...
...that bullying tactics will deal a fatal blow to the President's reforms and perhaps trigger a repeat of last summer's student riots, which in turn could prompt a military crackdown. However, Khatami may still be able to pull off a victory. His strategy is to send a flood of loyalist candidates to the election board, so that even if political stars like Nouri are barred, a solid number will survive the vetting process and get elected. Some analysts are predicting that the regime's heavy-handed tactics could wind up mobilizing the sort of strong voter turnout that...
Nurse Lynn Buss is preparing for the Monday flood. Her "clinic" is tucked away on the first floor of the pre-1935 extension that she calls "the North Forty" because of its remoteness. The first wave consists of girls who march straight into one of three exam rooms, where they throw down their bookbags, turn out the lights and flop onto cots, asleep before they hit the pillow. Nurse Buss is unfazed. "These kids who get bused in from the city get up before 5," she explains. "They come here to sleep for half an hour before class...