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These are both popular figures of speech for rain on a sunny day, according to an online survey being conducted by Associate Professor of Linguistics Bert R. Vaux...
...local television time (for clients like Ford Motor), Pool, 54, recently left Mindshare to take over North American operations for Universal McCann. She will manage local buys nationwide for a number of heavy hitters, including General Motors and Lowe's, and, of course, will try to make some rain...
Pittodrie Stadium, home to Scotland's Aberdeen Football Club, sits on the edge of the North Sea. During the winter - the middle of the Scottish Premier League season - a bitter wind whips up off the water, giving a biting edge to the snow and rain that often accompany Aberdeen's matches. The climate's tough on away fans, but it's even harder on the boggy pitch: last season, Aberdeen spent about €45,000 to maintain its field - a big sum for a declining club in a peripheral league. Little wonder, then, that when UEFA, European football's governing...
...during the rest of the night a storm arose, and the next day, sheets of rain reduced visibility to a meter or so. Some of us played cards in the main tent, but others curled up inside sleeping bags in a fetal position, trying to stay warm. The second day, we set off in drizzle, trekking up steep ice fields encrusted with ash. Soon it poured again. We crossed paths with a group of drenched Austrians. Only upon our return to Petropavlovsk did we discover that we had hiked seven hours through an 80-km/h storm. Nonetheless, the spectacle...
...priority is to expand the global perception of Brazilian culture beyond the clichés of football, carnival and beaches. Among the resources he wants to highlight: Brazil's colonial architectural heritage and even its tropical fish in the Amazon - a way to dramatize the need to preserve the rain forest. Films are another. City of God, set in Rio's slums, is playing to rave reviews in Europe and the U.S. but, says Gil, "we need to find more space for Brazilian films in the U.S., Europe and the great forums like the international festivals." Gil is passionate about...