Word: warmers
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...Insistently)) Suppose that Mrs. Bush has been kidnapped by a band of Aleut separatist terrorists who are demanding that the island of Attu be towed by a reclamation team under the auspices of the United Nations southward to the San Diego harbor, where the climate is warmer and where the islanders can paddle onshore to catch a movie or a meal at McDonald's. Furthermore, these international criminals say that if their ultimatums are not met within three days, Mrs. Bush, your wife of 47 years, will be set adrift on the Bering Strait in a rubber dinghy with nothing...
Some smaller cities and towns in the region are less affected because they get their water from wells. The big cities get theirs, though, from snow melting off the Cascade Range to the east. Not only was precipitation less than normal last winter, but temperatures were warmer. Much of the snow fell as rain and ran off right away, at a time when city reservoirs were full anyway...
Another problem -- for Republicans as well as Democrats -- is that the old "Solid South" has begun to lose some of its solidity. As more and more Northerners have moved to the Sunbelt in search of jobs, warmer winters, cleaner air and affordable suburbs, and as telecommunications have bound the nation closer together, the region has become more diverse, its citizens more cosmopolitan...
When new administrators took over the College last year, they decided Weld needed fixing. Now, they're down to business. The construction work is causing some inconvenience and disruption. But in the end, Weld residents will live a little safer, a little warmer and a little more comfortably. I'm happy for future Weldians--and sorry that the changes weren't made before I lived there...
...voters' springtime flirtation with Ross Perot grew warmer last week, while their feelings about George Bush entered the frigid zone. Bill Clinton's wooing of the electorate still received a tepid reaction, though there were hints that the Democrat could ultimately elicit more passion...