Word: gert
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First there was Arlene. Then Bret bowled into Texas. After that there were a few sputterers ? Cindy, Dennis and Emily. And then there is the furious Floyd (trailed closely by Gert, with Harvey hovering in the distance). What's going on here? Another trio of hurricanes lining up to take a punch at the United States? Sure, it's hurricane season, but why are there so many storms and why is this one so powerful? Is it just coincidence, or has humanity's abuse of the earth ? in the form of global warming ? come back to haunt...
...time ever than two major hurricanes have hit the U.S. in one year. And it's far from over: With more than two months remaining in the hurricane season (June 1 through November 30), the U.S. could be facing one of the worst series of storms in history. Hurricane Gert is gaining momentum and pushing west from the Atlantic, followed closely by another tropical storm, which will be called Harvey if it grows in intensity. "We've already seen the normal number of major hurricanes this year," says Lushine. "The average is two per year hitting...
...time it was tempting to respond to Saddam's change of heart on involuntary ear removal the way my Aunt Gert might have responded: "Well, that just goes to show you that there's some good in everybody...
...capital, but Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), a freelance mastermind operating in today's chaotic Russia, has a dreary back story explaining how he went wrong instead of truly evil elan. Big mistake: we don't want motivation in a Bond nemesis; we want psychosis on a joyous, cosmic scale. Gert Frobe, you are missed...
...opening quarter of 1994, as compared with the same period last year. This was the first such gain since 1992. The government also forecast a 1.8% increase in Germany's G.D.P. for this year, to be followed by a 2.5% gain in 1995. "The recession is behind us," asserts Gert Becker, chairman of the German Association of Chemical Firms...