Word: raines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ironically, there has been summer rainfall high over the Northwest. But the air temperature has been raised so much by an abnormally warm summer that the rain has evaporated before hitting earth. Lightning generated by these abortive rainstorms has continued to strike, setting fire to dried underbrush and causing an estimated 80% of the Northwest's fires...
Mayor Joseph Barr of Pittsburgh looked up at darkened skies and quipped: "Rain, very bad for elections. Can't get out the vote when it rains." But the observers were cheerfully optimistic: "I look forward to a successful election," said Senator George Murphy of California. "It will not be unlike an election in Beverly Hills...
When it is the end of August and Jack Nicklaus has won only $106,748, there is obviously something wrong with his game. Nothing, though, that rain and a bad dream won't cure...
...Rain washed out three days of play at last week's $250,000 Westchester Golf Classic in Harrison, N.Y. - second-richest tournament in pro-golf history.* And that was fine with Jack, because it gave him a chance to catch up on his sleep - which had not been too peaceful lately. For weeks Nicklaus had been "duck hooking" his tee shots, curving them wildly, and he had yet to figure out why. In Westchester, Jack got his answer in a dream. There he was, standing on the tee. "As I turned my shoulder, taking the driver back, I also...
While Jack was ironing out the kink in his swing, the rain was a godsend for still another pro: Florida's Dan Sikes, who was bothered bv dizzy spells, picked up in the second round and auit - only to get a second chance when the round was postponed. He fired a ten-under-par 62 that smashed the West-Chester Country Club record...