Word: snow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bert Snow...
When asked if SafeStreets plans to operate in the snow, VanDyke replies, "Unless not enough people show up to work the shift, yes. At least I hope so. We've only had to close down once, on April 9, because there just weren't enough volunteers to operate...
...Alaskans were not disturbed by any of this. They assumed that the two Alaskas -- one wild and the other industrial -- could exist in harmony. Surely the logging companies would not be able to make a noticeable dent in the state's vast forests. Surely the bears and wolves and snow geese would not be bothered by a few oil rigs...
...following night, when we started back to Tambov, our hosts accompanied us to the outskirts of Uvarovo, where our two-car convoy pulled over so we could say one last goodbye. All was darkness, except for the expanse of snow caught in the headlights. With lightning speed, plates of foods materialized on the closed trunk of one of the cars. A bottle of vodka appeared. The occasion seemed to demand a humorous toast...
...striking. From the first moment, while we were still at the airport, it seemed as if the electricity had burned out and that the meager light was being supplied by a weak portable generator. The sense of abandonment and homelessness was aggravated by the piles of dirty, blackened snow along the sides of the dark streets. It hadn't been like that before. Where were the streetlights? Where had the stately yard keepers, who used to clean Moscow, disappeared...