Word: quenched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drought damage was estimated at more than $400 million. West German Autobahnen buckled in the fierce sun. In Frankfurt, citizens going wild in the heat piled into public swimming pools in such numbers that the facilities had to shut down shortly after opening each day. Breweries worked overtime to quench the increased demand for beer-and the resulting overconsumption led to more brawls than usual among overheated drinkers. In Italy, some seaside resorts started rationing water...
With a womanliness that is more maternal than sexual, Hopkins is most convincing when she evokes the fire and flood of up-tempo gospel numbers. But she is no blues singer. When neither love nor liquor could quench Bessie's misery, her harsh sounds of loneliness could bring an entire audience to tears. Bessie sang from pain, Linda sings from joy. She cannot crush her optimism. Hopkins ain't Bessie, it is true. She is, nonetheless, a champ...
...Athens Polytecnic School nearly a year ago. Fascism is no more perishable than the phoenix, but its victims die. The Greek people suffered from brutal repression to which America was an accomplice for seven years. With the national elections tomorrow--the first in over a decade--Greece will quench internal tyranny, and the United States will have an opportunity to show that it is not wedded to unlawful terrorist regimes...
...biggest factor in Trudeau's decline has been his own political performance. Since he was first elected in 1968, the Prime Minister has managed to dissipate much of the popular enthusiasm-"Trudeaumania"-that for a time made him seem like a Canadian Kennedy. His coolness under pressure helped quench the fires of Quebec separatism that threatened Canadian unity at one time. But his unswerving determination to make Canada truly bilingual, his trendy ways and his flights of arrogance annoyed many English-speaking traditionalists. His seeming indifference to the problems of the Western provinces made him appear to some...
Petrilled Forest. The Loeb is determined to quench the local appetite for dramas of the Depression West and there is no reason why Sherwood Anderson's classic shouldn't leave the customers satisfied...