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Word: snow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lambertville, N.J., homeowners are being urged to use toilets three or four times before flushing. Throughout the Midwest, farm land that was left parched and crumbly by 90° to 100° temperatures last summer remains arid because so little snow has fallen on the Plains states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gonna Be in a World off Trouble: Water Shortages Plague U.S. | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...married, which neither mother or father seems to notice very much. Then Derek's father, a Beacon Hill professional who travels with lobsters in his suitcase, shows up. Nature Boy leave. MacLaine takes up with Lobster Man. Derek leaves. Hopkins sadly walks away through the snow. He has lost his wife and his lover, but at least he can now exit this movie...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Fall From Grace | 1/14/1981 | See Source »

Answer: To cause a snow shortage there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Queues and More Queues | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

Erhart has a more intoxicating idea, like eloping with a pert divorcee (Patricia Cray Lloyd). The desolate John Gabriel wanders out into the snow to die, and the sisters clasp hands of reconciliation over his body. Marshall, Murphy and Worth do the best that able professionals can with their roles but this production rarely gives them much scope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bleak House | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...calendar has shortchanged retailers this year. There are only 26 shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, as compared with 32 days a year ago. To offset the fewer business days, merchants in many areas of the country are hoping for cooler weather. Cold and especially snow remind shoppers that Christmas is near and help business. Traditionally, nothing hurts December sales more than soft, balmy weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Retailing's Ho-Hum Holiday | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

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