Word: showering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...marchers, more than 200,000 strong, simply defied the government ban, the thousands of police, the scores of military vehicles. As an evening snow shower dusted their faces, the supporters of change in the Soviet Union thronged Moscow's streets to deliver a pungent political message, savoring the act of public assembly in the face of Mikhail Gorbachev's order forbidding rallies, and then tramped peacefully home. For what, then, had the Kremlin assembled an enormous security force -- to protect itself against its own people...
Crimson Newscar One, a white 1987 Ford Tempo, suffered a damaged front axle and a flat tire while in hot pursuit of search committee members during a rain shower. The driver--who hoped the escapade would reveal the committee's meeting place--miscalculated the proper speed for a turn on a ramp at New York's LaGuardia Airport and the Newscar slammed into a curb. The reporters continued the chase on foot...
...jamming our landfills. The exhaust from my Nissan is polluting our air and contaminating our seas. My large popcorn and medium Coke coat the floors of movie theaters across the country. I am a relentless consumer. I have created this world of plastic products and disposable containers. I shower under water warmed by fossil fuels and I keep my hands warm with the wool of a sheep and the smooth skin of a once-lovely deer. I write for a newspaper that reels of 4000 copies a day. My trash can bulges with old light bulbs and paper cups, cardboard...
Today, a chance of a shower early, then gradual clearing, high 45 to 50. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Tonight, clear and cooler, low around 35 along the coast, 25 to 30 inland. Tomorrow, partly cloudy, high...
...weeks sleeping beneath camouflage netting in a hole in the sand. Notes printed under his captions are the only way the experienced combat photographer can communicate with us. One note read, "Thanks for the candy bars. The unit loved them. Could you send some cocoa and a hot shower, please...