Word: raining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worst droughts of the century in Western Europe. For at least three weeks and up to six weeks in some hard-hit areas, virtually no rain fell in northern parts; and though by week's end a few droplets had sprinkled on Britain, France and Germany-Denmark by contrast enjoyed a heaven-sent downpour-it seemed likely that the damage done would be felt for months. A variety of crops were ruined, and the death toll from heat prostration ran into the hundreds...
...year's best. What makes Walker so good? Says he: "I attribute 70% of my ability to inheritance. My father was a champion cyclist, excellent runner and good tennis player." The rest is just "grinding it out in hard slog for 21 hours a week, running when the rain sets in, being buzzed by smart bastards in cars and even, like a few months ago, ending spread-eagled [but unharmed] over the bonnet of a car that zoomed out of a driveway...
Between the 24th and the 26th of February, 1972, 3.72 inches of rain fell on Logan County, West Virginia--not unusual as the state climatologist would later testify. But it was enough, because there were no spillways built into the dam. On the morning of the 26th, Steve Dasovich, head of operations at the Buffalo mine, sent bulldozers to relieve pressure on the dam. It was too late for that, though. When they got to the dam a little before 7 a.m., it was gone. And 21 million cubic feet of water and God knows how many tons...
...those who had made it to safety. They watched friends and relatives carried out of their arms, or pulled older folks out of the water with bodies smashed, to have them die from internal injuries on the cold February night. One woman would testify, "to some the beating of rain on a tin roof is sweet music. To me it's like the beating of a death drum...
...came to London from Paris, where, as Horace Walpole says, "they walk about the streets in the rain with umbrellas to avoid putting on their hats." So whenever London coachmen see anyone using the device, they are apt to crack their whips and shout, "Frenchman!" Or sometimes, more elaborately, "Rain beau...