Word: frigid
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...more than 20 hours, Giovanni Soldini had pushed due south, his face stung by frigid squalls and his 60-ft. sailboat pummeled by the ferocious waves of the southern Pacific, 1,900 miles west of the tip of South America. "I'm soaked and frozen," the 32-year-old Italian wrote in a Feb. 16 e-mail to his Milan-based racing team. Desperately trying to interpret computerized weather charts, he was also troubled. He was still 18 miles from the spot where a satellite tracking system said Isabelle Autissier, 42, his French rival in the Around Alone solo global...
...Valentine's Day, even the most frigid hearts of men and women turn to fancy when affairs of love and crass commercialism embrace in whirlwind of red and pink, of flowers and diamonds, of greeting cards and candy hearts. It is a time when soul mates rejoice and starcrossed lovers lament. On such a day, what do lovers do? Enjoy a quiet evening by the fireplace? Take a ride in a horsedrawn carriage? Dine in a five-star restaurant...
...Crimson's hot-shooting hands, meanwhile, must have caught frostbite in Ithaca's frigid climate. Harvard shot just 29.4 percent in the second half and 20 percent from beyond...
BOSTON--Following a week of frigid temperatures, mountains of snow and oceans of dirty puddles, local residents turned out in droves last Saturday to sample stone baked bread, saffron rice, vintage champagne and locally brewed Harpoon...
...Winter" Decorations," Opinion, Dec. 11) makes a point that has been raised many times before. It usually pops up in late November, when the decorations begin to appear, but by mid-December nearly everyone has forgotten about it. Why? Because as the "short, dreary, cold days and downright frigid nights" of the New England winter weigh more heavily on our spirits, people of all faiths and atheists alike realize they would rather see a cheerfully decorated holiday tree in the dining hall than nothing...