Word: raining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...writer. But in The Poor Mouth the technique has a specific function: to carry the Gaeligore and/na Gopaleen enthusiast a step away from the Irish Times and from a facile understanding of "Gaelic." The perceptions of Corkadoragha become the enveloping reality; an existence composed largely of "spuds," "spirits," "rain," "eternity" and "true Gaelic misery...
...years, the prairies are yellow and burnt, and at least half of the state's oats, wheat and barley cash crops have been devastated. In all, the drought could cost the state $1 billion, or half of its annual agricultural output. Since April, less than four inches of rain has fallen in the eastern portion of the state, and, for want of feed and pasturage, cattlemen there have been forced to sell livestock before they became starved and worthless. Says Anderberg: "It's a hell of a deal for me. But it's short-lived...
...companies are folding, Hyde Park looks like a sandlot, and at the London zoo, bath water for the elephants is being reused to water plants. Hundreds of grass and scrub fires are erupting in the parched countryside as Britain, which has had exactly one-tenth of an inch of rain this month, suffers through the worst drought since meteorological records were started in 1727. Last week Prime Minister James Callaghan summoned vacationing Cabinet members back to No. 10 Downing Street for an emergency meeting and asked Sports Minister Denis Howell to assume responsibility for conserving what remains of the country...
...quality of mystery, and perhaps never has it been so mysterious as now. While the administrative capital of Basse-Terre was bathed in tropical sunshine on the coast below, La Soufrière (meaning sulfur mine) remained swathed in a turban of clouds and made its own rain...
Signs along the road up to the crater warn of toxic gases, projectiles and landslides. But over the years islanders have built their houses amid the rain forests on the mountain's flanks. As a retired clerical worker from Basse-Terre put it: "We did not fear it." When the volcano suddenly began spewing out a fine volcanic ash two weeks ago, officials decided it was time...