Word: rain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dreary Wednesday afternoon. Cloudy, gray sky. Rain here, there and everywhere. For most, it's one of those days you skip CS 50 or Chem 30 lecture to stay...
Tuesday, it was Maine's turn to rain on an already soggy season for Harvard; although the Black Bears controlled the play as precious few teams have against the Crimson, it took Jake Oulmet's second goal of the game--and a controversial goal at that--in the 85th minute to deal Harvard its seventh non-Ivy loss in seven tries, this time by a 2-1 score...
...Albert Brooks), the downtrodden but game talent hunter in The Scout. "I thought of that," snaps the meanest general manager in baseball history (Lane Smith), "but I like this better." Al is talking about his scouting assignment so deep in the Mexican bush leagues that they play in the rain because it makes sliding easier. There he discovers Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser), a phenom with a fast ball so potent it knocks over the catcher and the umpire. Steve is in dire need of an understanding father figure -- especially after he gets a $55 million contract with the Yanks...
...first sign of trouble appeared shortly after midnight on a closed- circuit television monitor in the engine room. One of the engineers on , watch saw that water was entering the ship near the bow doors. Believing it was only rain, the crewmen activated the bilge pumps. But within minutes the sea was pouring into the lower car deck near the waterline, and the ship began rolling heavily onto its left side...
...Fuhrman was in my opinion the worst them we've played this season," Kohler said. "It was a confusing game and the rain made it a sloppy day to play on. We didn't have a winning attitude, especially after coming off the loss from Clemson...