Word: rain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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GRAPE PICKERS SLOGGING THROUGH the muddy fields of Champagne's rain-moistened vineyards this harvesttime have had an unusual mission: for the first time in memory they have been told to pick fewer grapes. The decision was made by growers who, until recently, were happy to bottle anything that could conceivably qualify as champagne and sell it to an apparently insatiable public at steadily rising prices. This season, instead of aiming for the usual yield of 12,000 kilos of grapes per hectare, the pickers have been given a target of around 8,000 kilos. "It hurts the heart...
Visitors were sparse yesterday because of the rain. But four members of a Cambridge Youth Soccer League Team braved the weather to attend practice...
...little rain is not the only thing designers and students must worry about...
...also responsible for disaster preparedness. The possibility of floods and leaks in the library is much more of a problem [than rain]," Taylor said...
...second set included a sweet "Box of Rain," featuring some of the tightest four-part harmonies heard in recent memory as well as an excellent lead vocal by the seldom-heard bassist Phil Lesh. Another late gem was a soft, gentle version of "Black Peter...