Word: mildness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Belying its mild-sounding name, Gilbert became unique as a force -- the most powerful storm to hit the western hemisphere in this century. Its counterclockwise wind speed peaked at an estimated 200 m.p.h. at 10,000 ft. and 175 m.p.h. at ground level; its 26.13-in. barometric pressure was the lowest ever recorded. Gilbert was blamed for at least 100 deaths and billions of dollars in damage in the Caribbean and Mexico. An additional 200 people . were feared drowned after a rain-swollen river jumped its banks and overturned four buses Saturday in Monterrey, Mexico. But highly accurate tracking...
...there is no great mess. Charisma does not stink. The odors left by Iran-Contra, Pentagon scandals and other Reagan-era problems are mild--sour milk, not rubbish...
...drought as an excuse to gouge customers a bit, which may be true in a few cases. Government economists acknowledge that the dry spell has created an atmosphere in which consumers respond to the price increases with grudging acceptance. But some prices are still bound to produce a mild case of sticker shock. At one market in Baltimore, boxes of Post Grape-Nuts cereal have been marked up four times in the past six weeks. The 12-oz. package now costs $2.01, up 30 cents...
...Julie Woods '81-'86 is a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated administrator with American Science and Engineering in Cambridge...
...like an easy $100,000 when he is engaged to pick up Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin) in New York City and return him to Los Angeles before his bail must be forfeited. In comparison with Walsh's usual large, violent and well-armed prey, Mardukas is soft of bulk, mild of manner and armored only by his white collar. He is also smart and something of a moralist: he has not only embezzled large sums from the Mafia but also given most of them to charity. Walsh can live with that -- if only his prisoner could contain himself...