Word: snow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...family fought its way through the crowds from the new Indiana Jones attraction to Space Mountain to my personal favorite, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. In front of the signature Disney castle, there was a line of at least 50 people--some of them unaccompanied adults--waiting to meet Snow White, procure autographs and have her pose for photos. She left abruptly, touching off a wave of parent protests and shrieking tantrums by young girls. Luckily, the prospect of a very un-Disney riot was averted when a fresh Cinderella, greeted with wild applause, was whisked in to satiate...
...Oregon, Nevada and Idaho have declared 70 counties disaster areas. More than 15 people have been killed by the flooding, brought on by a series of storms that have swept through the area since December 26, and exacerbated in some areas by the sudden thaw of accumulated ice and snow. In California alone, 95,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as swollen rivers throughout the state wash out bridges and turn suburban streets into canals. The entire towns of Yuba City and Marysville, located on either side of the Feather River in northern California, had to be cleared...
...prices the same products in the same stores at regular intervals. Thus it does not reflect the way consumers take advantage of weekend sales, buy at lower prices from catalogs and shift from neighborhood stores to big barns selling everything from tube socks to ridable snow blowers at discount prices...
...snow that hit hard last year and delayed students from returning home on time might come as a pleasant distraction for those remaining on campus this year...
...Harvard can control weather, why such disgusting gray wetness and muddy snow most of the year? Why not have beautiful sunny days every day? Let me put it this way. What is Stanford? A very fine school in California where it is always beautiful. And how do they do in the infamous U.S. News and World Report college rankings? Obviously if it was splendid day after day, students would never get anything done. People would wander down to the river with a book or two and become sidetracked socializing, or perhaps close their eyes in the warmth and sleep...