Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...used as a levee in St. Charles County, Missouri, northwest of St. Louis. Its waters mingled with those swirling south from the Mississippi 20 miles sooner than usual, forcing several hundred people to join the 7,000 who had already evacuated. Then, Friday night, the Mississippi broke though a sand levee at West Quincy, Missouri, forcing closing of the Bayview Bridge about a quarter-mile away -- the last span that was open over a 200-mile stretch of the river where it flows between Missouri and Illinois. The bridge will be closed for weeks, whatever happens, an indication that worse...
...issue of gays in the military will move more to the background at both Harvard and in the nation. "Many lesbians and gays are eager to get to other issues...We can fight this, but it's not the only fight," Outcalt said. "We don't want to pour sand down a hole...
...Helmut Kohl isn't making any GATT demands that U.S. theaters show a fixed percentage of Wim Wenders movies, and Francois Mitterrand, mercifully, has not asked Clinton for a Godard quota. But for TV the Europeans have drawn a line in the sand: the E.C. now requires that 50% of each nation's programming be produced in the E.C. -- and the French, being French, go further, requiring that 40% of their TV shows be produced in France. Still, the glossy American product flutters in, and prevails. Beverly Hills, 90210 is wildly popular all over the Mediterranean; in South Africa, Major...
...Dust devil!" someone yells, and a stinging, 30-ft.-high spiral of sand, sagebrush, shale bits and a lizard or two snicks up the cliffside. Everyone grabs for the gliders, fluttering half assembled and helpless an hour before launch...
Disadvantages: Crowds, the hot sun, screaming children, cigarette butts in the sand, sunburn...