Word: raine
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pirates won a tight one that night, the forecast rain never fell, and the fireworks after the game were spectacular...
...Castle is the color of tools left out in the rain. Heavy industry died an ugly death here decades ago, leaving behind rust and bricks and George ("Boom-Boom") Zambelli Sr., 73. When 50-year-old George Jr. gets to New Castle at noon, his father has been at work six hours...
...Sunshine State knows all about storms. It can tell good clouds from nasty ones, a hurricane sky from one simply overcast. But a novel kind of darkness has come over Florida, and there is no hurricane in sight. What do you do when you're ready for rain and all that comes down is ash, falling like snow but dark and devilish and warm, from a heaven angry with smoke? Run, or get ready to be burned on the Fourth of July...
...vegetation sparks without warning, creating idiosyncratic wind patterns. Conflagrations then skip over bulldozed firebreaks and highways. "The fires make such rapid advances that it's not feasible to put men in there," says Steve Parsons of the Florida emergency-management agency. "We've got to get those long-term rains to get some moisture in the ground." Last week the Governor asked the state to pray for rain. The prayers may have been answered. Over the weekend, scattered showers and sea breezes helped firefighters begin to get a handle on the blazes, and rain was forecast for this week...
...enough. The most anticipated vows since J.F.K. Jr. first clamped eyes on Carolyn Bessette took place in the formal living room of the humble home the bride maintains in Malibu. The media were kept at bay with a phalanx of security guards, tents and enormous speakers that first blasted rain-forest noises so they couldn't hear the ceremony, followed by heavy-metal music (White Zombie did the honors) to get rid of them. The bride's son gave her away, and one of the bridegroom's sons was best man. The pool was strewn with lilies and candles...