Word: snow
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...same time--despite a huge storm that set off tornadoes in Florida and dumped snow in the Ohio valley last week, killing at least 22 people--large parts of the eastern and north-central U.S. continued to bask in the warmest winter in years, one that brought cherry blossoms to Washington in the first week of January. That might sound like the opposite of a disaster, but every weather anomaly has its dark side. In a normal year, for example, the winter storm that hit New England and southern Canada in January might have dumped a thick blanket of snow...
Scientists predicted, for example, that in western North America the south should be colder and wetter than last winter, while the north would be warmer and drier. That's just what happened: at one point this winter, it was snowing in Guadalajara, Mexico, while thermometers in Saskatchewan registered in the 50s. That doesn't mean the scientists are always right, of course. They can make broad-brush predictions of El Nino's effects without being able to forecast exactly what will happen in any given place. Some of the early prediction scenarios--no snow for the Olympic Winter Games...
...Zhivago (1965). Julie Christie, and lots and lots of snow. True Romance (1993). A CP favorite; check out Gary Oldman as the pimp. Witness (1985). Kelly McGillis. The bathing scene. Gun Crazy (1950). Lovers on the lam; a cult classic. Brief Encounter (1945). Strangers on a train platform. A very British romance. Summertime (1955). David Lean. Katharine Hepburn. Venice. Casablanca (1942). Speaks for itself. Breathless (1959). The Godard original, please. Almost makes you want to be French. Betty Blue (1986). French too; a very very sexy movie. An Affair to Remember (1957). Okay, ladies, it's your day. But come...
...weekend we fell in love, there was heavy snow, [and] Andy's plane was late. The restaurant where I had hoped to go for lunch was closed; we found a little bistro of Michigan Avenue that was still serving around 4:00, with no one there. We ordered a bottle of champagne, and the rest was history," Slaughter recalls, smiling at her husband...
Locker said the new facility will help alleviate scheduling difficulties by providing additional space, and is particularly useful because teams will be able to practice on it in the winter months. It is easier to clear snow from artificial turf than from grass...