Word: summered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent water policy paper from the Kennedy School of Government has highlighted the essence of the problem. Our efforts have been stalled under a fragmented and directionless Reagan administration while our water difficulties have grown. The paper was researched and mainly written prior to this summer's devastating drought. However, the dry spell makes the report's message--the need for strong leadership in federal water policy--all the more timely...
...Harvard and B.C. are known as the two top teams in Boston," Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton said. "The kids know each other from summer leagues and camps. That adds something to the game...
...said this summer that younger people should take over, but you are still leading the negotiations...
...centuries the Nile has brought life to Sudan's impoverished inhabitants. But torrential thunderstorms this summer have turned the river into a killer. More than 8 inches of rain -- twice the average for an entire year -- fell on Sudan in 13 hours last month. Meanwhile, a seasonal surge of water was heading north from central Africa. The combination sent the river raging over its banks, killing nearly 100 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless. In Khartoum, the capital, sewage-contaminated floodwater swept through squatters' camps, destroying thousands of homes. Farther north, whole villages were submerged. In the famine-stricken south...
...soul baring goes on and on, recorded in 60-second messages to the Apology Sound-Off Line, a Los Angeles-based telephone service that offers the catharsis of confession for the price of a phone call. The service, started up this summer by a Los Angeles outfit called United Communications, receives some 200 anonymous calls a day from people admitting everything from marital infidelity to murder. "They are gut-wrenchingly honest," says apology-line operator M.J. Denton. But that's just for starters. On another number, callers pay $2 for the first minute and 45 cents a minute after that...