Word: slushing
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...they pulled out, some of the ordinary Serb soldiers seemed to think peace was coming. On the main road above Sarajevo, crew members were repairing an old Russian-made T-55 tank, its dirty green hull covered with slush. "Hello, my name is Borislav," one of the crew called out. "I'm 28 and a Leo." The war had gone on too long, he said. "It is time to go home. We will be gone before NATO comes...
...like the worst of all worlds," Moland said. "We have frigid wind along with rain and slush. it's just not fair...
Benjamin Heller's Jan. 21 column on slush and poor show removal hit the mark...
Consider a student leaving the Yard at Widener Gate. He must wade through a sea of slush on each side of Mass. Ave. Having reached the side-walk, he heads for the river. Part way down Plympton St., he finds himself in a canyon four feet deep. The snow has not been shoveled or plowed; he has to walk on a tiny strip of packed snow and slush. The sidewalk is nowhere to be seen. Two people can't pass unless one scales the snowbank and perches on a parking meter...
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...