Word: raine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early morning rain had threatened to turn Ohiri Field into a swamp. But right around game time the sun came out, and it was Adelphi (2-4) which got swamped...
...tags, neither of them pretty; rain and cruelty. Although there might be some who enjoy such things, I'm fond of neither. In fact, I got more than enough of both Monday morning when I woke up at 6:30 a.m. to slog through a session of house crew on the Charles in a steady, freezing drizzle...
Another third-quarter collapse, and the Crimson would be collecting rain water and worms at the bottom of a big hole...
...still playing golf at 86, "I had a rotten grip. If you ask me, that's why there are so many excellent players today. A good grip is like a solid hinge on an oak door." Sarazen goes back to hickory sticks that required shellacking in the rain, and is amused by the '80s fashion, which encompasses titanium shafts, tungsten fibers, beryllium-copper, manganese-bronze and high-modulus graphite. "Of course," he says, "the modern player thinks it's the equipment. You know that's baloney...
Every year around this time, the spring skies over Panama darken regularly with rumors of rain. A few drops usually fall, but the downpour that would ease the stifling 90 degrees heat never comes. To frustrated Panamanians, the weather this year provides a striking parallel to the political crisis that grips their country. Just as they long for rain, citizens yearn for the departure of General Manuel Antonio Noriega. But while Noriega faces a relentless combination of economic woes and widespread unrest, he still clings to power. Like the seemingly imminent rain, he stubbornly refuses to fall...