Word: raine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fans, who, Bills general manager Bill Polian says, "identify more closely with their gridiron heroes than any other fans, except those in Green Bay," left their seats. Tens of thousands of them invaded the rain-soaked field to chant, dance and rip down the goalposts. They paraded the uprights around the field and out into the parking lots. They even deposited a chunk of one outside the private box of Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson, a Detroit businessman whom they once booed. "We'll build new goalposts," said Wilson happily, "and they can tear those down...
...Even though there was a big drought and we only had two days of rain all summer, the people in the farm towns were still very generous and prepared big meals for us," Faber says. "In Minnesota, there was a farm family, and even though their farm was about to be foreclosed they let all 20 of us stay and cooked for us. They even brought us to a farm crisis meeting...
Specifically, he said, Mitchell could beexpected to press for action on acid rain,affordable housing and other issues of concern tothe region. Carpman also said Mitchell appreciatedthe significance of the multibillion-dollarCentral Artery and Harbor Tunnel project...
...snorting, rolling chunk of industry and metal we call the Commuter Line, the usual stuff was flashing past--you know, telephone poles, lonely decaying buildings, clothes flapping on the line like lost souls. Nothing new. Clouds charged across the sky looking grumpy and muscular--who knew how soon the rain would come? Hell...
Participants held a 20-minute ceremony in heavy rain, they said afterwards. A nearby resident read a poem. Tent City's unofficial mayor, Evelyn Parks, told the group she was still homeless...