Word: raine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...answer to the former: Great--not a single drop of rain in 10 full days in the Soviet Union, which was amazing for this time of year. The weather was, in fact, so nice that we almost had to wonder if it was planned, staged for our U.S. delegation like so much else that we saw--or were allowed to see--in our role as an official delegation...
...Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President Ronald Reagan sang and swapped jokes about their Irish heritage on St. Patrick's Day three years ago at the "Shamrock Summit" in Quebec City, but their friendship has soured since then. Last week it bottomed out over the unresolved problem of acid rain. Much of the pollution that falls on Canada is caused by the burning of coal and other fuels by U.S. industries. In a speech in New York City, Mulroney angrily declared, "It's ruining our lakes, it's killing our rivers, it's ruining our forests...
Under strong domestic pressure to extract a commitment from the U.S. to / decrease acid rain, Mulroney lashed out at the Reagan Administration's wait- and-study attitude. "Friendship has inescapable costs," said he. "One of them is bearing whatever burdens are required to avoid polluting your neighbor's property." Although the two leaders will hold another summit later this month, Mulroney acknowledged that he must wait for Reagan's successor to see any results...
...public plaza. The dump site "because it was the only open area, was also used as a playground by children," says Jim Palos, an alumnus of last year's program and its Midwest coordinator. "We also built a drainage system under it so excess water from the daily rain could escape," Palos says...
...rain outside was no more than a hum to those crunched in the hard pews. The first to show that morning had been Earl Hendricks, the local political expert in this small town of five gas stations and half a movie theater (there were only shows on Friday and Saturday). Earl was in the front row, double-chin set and eyes lowered to watch Jackson ready himself for his speech...