Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From the beginning, the fuss throughout Britain over how to grieve made it clear that the palace would be in a bind. Every gesture it made--or failed to make--was scrutinized like smoke from the Vatican and found wanting. For much of the week, the royal family took a battering from the press and from the people: the proper flags were not flying in the proper places at the proper heights; the royals were not attuned to the desires of the "people" for a suitably populist funeral for the "people's princess"; the brief statement of sorrow issued shortly...
...automatically accorded stature. How would she have looked? The hair whiter, the skin a bit more lined, but the eyes would still have had that sweet mixture of kindness and longing. By then the story of her and Charles, the scandals and recriminations, might have been lost in smoke...
...evidence that the mosquito-borne pathogens have left the mosquitoes en masse. In Florida, virus-bearing bugs have been found in eight counties, but only two people are known to have contracted the disease. In New York, there are still no reported cases. Yet where there's viral smoke, there may be fire, and doctors fear trouble. Said Dr. Jahangir Moini, a Florida epidemiologist: "We predict we're going to have an outbreak...
...mask and protective eye gear at the ready, Drummond was in the middle of an interview when a warning siren went off, forcing her and her subject to jump into his car and head north to a so-called safe zone. Along the way, she watched as thick smoke spewed out of the dome of Soufriere Hills. Says Drummond: "I was amazed at the bravery and resiliency of the Montserrat residents...
Vasily pushed his wet, matted hair out of his eyes as the emergency vehicles pulled up in front of his apartment. "You know," he said bitterly, the rising smoke starting to sting his eyes, "we should have abandoned the station, but we never thought about jumping ship. Not once...