Word: monsoonal
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Wavering voters were given little guidance by a monsoon of out-of-state luminaries who came in to help both candidates. Bobby Kennedy, who has consistently capitalized on antiwar sentiment, talked briefly about Viet Nam in terms that implied agreement with Hatfield rather than Democrat Duncan...
...peasant fled in terror to Kong Le, who sent Souvanna Phouma a telegram warning of impending disaster. Souvanna, who does not believe in dragons, shrugged it away. Even when the Mekong River started to rise, he attributed it simply to the annual monsoon rains. But the river kept on rising, to a 40-year high, which put the lower sections of the city 'deep under swirling brown water. Suddenly, Parisian education or no, the prince changed his mind: he could be blamed for the disaster unless he followed the dragon's instructions. He called on Kong...
...some 670 sorties a day over both North and South Viet Nam, rivaling that of the Korean War. For the third time, Navy jets returned to the big oil-storage tanks outside the port of Haiphong, claimed afterward that cumulative destruction of the complex now stood at 90%. Though monsoon clouds hampered raids north of the Red River, American planes elsewhere in Ho Chi Minh-land pounded 41 smaller fuel depots, bridges, flak sites and more than 230 barges...
Because of a tardy monsoon, India's No. 1 port city faced the worst crisis in its history. Usually the annual rains boil up out of the Arabian Sea in June, cross the Indian coastline around Bombay, then move drenchingly inland, reviving thirsty lands and building up water supplies for the coming year. This season, the monsoon arrived on schedule June 10th, but after a few teasing showers in eastern and northern India, the skies suddenly cleared and the sun reemerged, baking the earth and burning off the dwindling water in Bombay's four main reservoirs. By last...
...point last week, it looked as if Bombay's prayers might finally be answered. Clouds thickened; then a fine drizzle fell over the city. It lasted only a few hours. What Bombay needed was a solid four or five days of full-fledged monsoon. At week's end the best the weatherman could offer was a forecast of "cloudy with occasional rains or showers...