Word: raining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...winter storm watch is in effect today, with snow changing to rain likely. The National Weather Service predicted a 100 per cent chance of precipitation, accompanied by 40 mph winds...
...evacuation mission in the Marshall Islands, attended the wedding of a high chiefs daughter in Pago Pago, and talked about Somerset Maugham's legacy with former Samoan Governor H. Rex Lee as rain beat against the roof of the veranda. "Ego gratification and upward mobility, America's gifts to Micronesia, have changed the Pacific of Maugham and Robert Louis Stevenson," says DeVoss. "A $500,000 bridge is planned to link two outer Samoan islands I once swam between four years ago. Still, no change can dull the macaroon scent of drying copra or the taste of raw tuna...
...admitted, "to find a roadblock beyond every turn." He crossed the border on foot, hiking twelve miles over thickly wooded terrain. After seeking help from three blacks, who told him, "Don't worry, we'll help you-you're one of us." Woods reached the rain-swollen Telle River and forded it to safety...
...this writing several days ago, will be skating against an always-tough Los Angeles Kings tonight at 7:35 p.m. The Kings should be more of a challenge than they were last year when the drought in their state forced them to practice on roller skates. Now when the rain and the ice cometh, the Kings won't have any excuse...
...fall, broadcast and ad executives nervously peeked at the figures on their desks, then shut their eyes and turned the tallies face down, as if they hoped the whole thing would go away. Like scientists who had discovered that rain also falls up, they could not believe what they were seeing. Last week, however, the two rating services, Nielsen and Arbitron, confirmed their fears: in 1977, for the first time in history, television viewing declined...