Word: northeast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pattern of westerly winds-especially the high-altitude jet stream-that whip across the U.S. Part of a broader global feature known as the circumpolar vortex, the winds in winter usually follow a sharply undulating path round the Northern Hemisphere, like the bottom of a whirling crinoline skirt. Sweeping northeast over the Pacific, the winds pick up warmth and moisture. Heading down again from the cold north, they cause heavy rain and snowstorms from the Rockies through the heartland to New England...
...foreign coexists with the Brazilian. My friends had both Guarana, a Brazilian soda made from an Amazonian fruit, and Coca-Cola in their refrigerators. We would go to a club to hear a singer from the state of Bahia--the "bulge" in the northeast of the country--chant rhythmic, Brazilian music and then drive along the beach, listening to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer on the radio. But there are the adaptations. I learned that the Portuguese word for razor blade, gilete, is also slang for "bisexual" (two sides of a razor blade...
...Northeast regional champions, Providence moves to the Eastern regional tournament with a bye in the first round. Runner-up B.U. also advances to the regional tourney and will host Kansas State Wednesday...
Reagan has one intangible asset in the South: he campaigns better there than in the Northeast. He gestures more freely, ipeaks more vigorously, even looks younger. One reason may be the weather. Like many another Southern Californian, Reagan is far more at ease when he can strip off his suit jacket, as he did two weeks ago on the sun-drenched campus of Palm Beach Junior College in Florida. Cried Reagan: "It is time to start a crash military buildup, to make us so strong that no one will ever again raise a hand against the U.S." The students cheered...
...ball game is still on. If Reagan does not come away with some sure wins in New Hampshire and Massachusetts his base in the icy Northeast will be less than secure and some of the frost could spread to Alabama, Florida and Illinois--the ex-Governor's strongholds...