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Heart and Souls could itself be a low sort of triumph. At a sneak preview the audience cheered when one spirit got his star-spangled wish, and they applauded at the end. The house was so streaked with humid tears it nearly had to be hosed down. But this movie is a bad cry, for calculation steams off it like skunk musk. It is packed with stale "sure-fire" routines, like the rendition of a rock-'n'-roll oldie (here Walk like a Man) and a funny car crash (which comes a reel or two after the fatal crash -- yikes...
...weather report on the radio says today, tomorrow, Sunday and Monday will bring more of the same: hazy, hot and humid weather with highs...
...stepped out of the swinging door from the Northwest terminal and headed down the stairs to baggage claim, tiredly listening to the heavy Boston accents of the people in front of me. When I finally claimed my bags and dragged them outside, I felt a strong breeze and slightly humid air on my skin...
...weather in New England can get a bad rap. Yes, there was a hurricane a couple of years ago. Yes, temperatures can reach the high nineties. Yes, it can get very, very humid--almost stifling. And yes, this particular summer, on the heels of a winter marked by heavy snowfall, is expected to be unusually warm. But most evenings and mornings, the weather is pleasant. A fan will cool off a bedroom, classroom or office. If the heat gets too oppressive, there is an easy antidote--water...
...been left by forest fires, carbon deposits would have been found scattered across a wide area." They are not. In many cases, the charcoal is ringed by stones, says Guidon, which is strong supporting evidence that these were man-made hearths, not natural formations. Besides, the area was a humid, tropical rain forest 30,000 years ago, and natural fires would have had a hard time getting started...