Word: slush
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Benjamin Heller's Jan. 21 column on slush and poor show removal hit the mark...
This browning is nowhere more noticeable than on the sidewalks, which have quickly come to resemble treacherous snowbound crevices, paved with slush. The snow gives rise to novel questions of etiquette. If the slushway is wide enough for only one, should you wait for the pedestrian 50 yards up ahead coming in the opposite direction to complete his journey before yourself embarking? Or should you choose to ignore him, and halfway along engage in an awkward Snow Dance--strangers in the snow, exchanging footing...
...this week, students will be able to indulge in Hidden Sweets on Church Street to counter the sour taste of January slush and exams in the yard...
...citizens far more immediate problems to worry about than Kremlin intrigues and superpower summitry. Injuries from slips, falls and other pedestrian mishaps were reported to be running as high as 1,200 a day because the city can no longer afford enough tools and workers to clear the filthy, slush-filled streets. Mountains of sodden cardboard boxes are piling up behind new sheet-metal stands, where vendors sell cigarettes, candy and drinks at train and metro stations...
...excessive, but at least when it snows, enough of the white stuff sticks around to turn the campus into a gorgeous winter wonderland. (In Seattle, a few inches fall, the entire city shuts down in panic and by the next day, it all turns to grey slush...