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Word: moistureless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...desert each spring and fall, the khamsin is an ill wind that blows no one in the Middle East any good. It picks up hot air and dust as it sweeps across Africa and the Sinai Peninsula, bringing a variety of afflictions in its northerly thrust. The moistureless air causes feet to swell painfully, noses and eyes to itch and asthmatics to gasp for breath. The khamsin can also madden men. Automobile accidents are far more frequent when it is blowing, crime rates increase by as much as 20% and tempers rise with the mercury. Judges in some Arab countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Curing an Ill Wind | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

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