Word: warmest
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...almost as bizarre as 1991, a year in which North America's spring arrived in winter, its summer in spring and its winter in autumn. The period from December 1991 to March 1992 has already gone into the National Weather Service's record books as the warmest winter in at least 97 years. It hardly rained at all in rainy Seattle in May. Texas in January was swamped with twice as much precipitation as normal, and Southern California, where it never rains, was socked with floodwaters so powerful they carried cars out to sea. Africa is having its worst drought...
Sister Delia says, "Our mother was not the warmest person, but she established our world. I think of her as a security blanket without the warmth. She had an opinion on everything, and we ((daughters)), who are just as opinionated, did everything she told us to. The Ephron girls do not join sororities or any organized religion." Each daughter had to take two years of Latin and three years of French in high school. "God forbid we should have anything to do with science," Delia recalls. Delia grew up resisting the idea of writing altogether: "Nora had staked that...
...Chestnut), are betrayed by the lack of such a man. Singleton is aware that the ghetto is the chanciest of universes where one's fate can be determined by a moment's loss of temper. Or by standing on the wrong corner at the wrong time. Even in its warmest moments, there is a fearful chill in this hood's air. And on the hearts of its boyz...
...long, unheralded, but still thoroughly worthwhile season for us, during which our small group of fans grew louder and more numerous. Their presence was more valuable than they know. We would like to extend to our fans our deepest thanks for their support and encouragement, and also our warmest invitations to return next year...
...year does not make a trend, since temperatures naturally vary from year to year. But the Americans, at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, pointed out that the new data mean that the seven warmest years since 1880 have all occurred in the past 11 years. On average, the 1980s were about .6 degrees C (1 degrees F) warmer than the 1880s, while 1990 was .7 degrees C (1.25 degrees F) warmer. That may not sound like much, but a mere 5 degrees C (9 degrees F) rise was enough to bring the earth out of the last...