Word: patch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reporting daily weather statistics to the National Weather Service for his stretch of western Arizona desert. Last April a stickler from the Weather Service told him to move his thermometer from the firehouse's comparatively cool, sprinklered front lawn to more "natural terrain." Baudouine picked a dusty patch 100 yards away, and the high temperatures in Bullhead City were promptly four or five degrees higher. On eight days last month, in fact, television weathermen announced that the town-with temperatures as high as 115° F -was the warmest spot...
...panel's recommendation that guidelines be set for sentencing and that parole be abolished. No longer would sentences vary wildly from judge to judge for similar crimes, and criminals serving lengthy prison terms would not be set loose after just a few years. The panel would like to patch up a loophole in the 1968 Gun Control Act that allows parts for "Saturday night specials"-though not the guns themselves-to be imported; it would also require a"waiting period" for prospective gun buyers so that authorities could check for criminal records. But President Reagan remains opposed...
Much of the art of making friends is concentrated in patch swapping, a singular ritualistic encounter. On towels and blankets all over the campsite, patches are displayed and haggled over like items in a Cairo bazaar. Value is determined by color, design and availability; among the most prized are patches that were discontinued because of defects in their manufacture. No money is exchanged. Money, after all, is not the point. Says Scott Sippel, 14, of Houston: "You improve your collection. You get a Scout's address and you write him. You become pals...
...bones in an okra patch lead to a prehistoric...
...Stevens gave her an idea. Says she: "He told me that if I gained 30 Ibs. I could successfully make the transition to leading character actress and I would work all my life." She did, and has since won two Oscars (The Diary of Anne Frank, 1959, and A Patch of Blue, 1965) while acting at varying weights -but "the fat pictures are the ones that are big and successful...