Word: warmest
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...Arctic is still gradually getting less sunlight, it's still getting hotter - summer temperatures in the Arctic are 1.4 degrees C higher than they would have been if the cooling had continued unabated, according to the study. The most recent decade recorded - from 1999 to 2008 - was the warmest of the past 2,000 years. The recent warming trend has been so strong that researchers say it might have even kept the Earth from slipping into a new Ice Age - although now, of course, the world needs to deal with the opposite problem...
...Farewell to a peacemaker," ran the headline of the Belfast Telegraph on Aug. 27. Outside the U.S., perhaps the warmest tributes to Ted Kennedy have been paid in Ireland, most of all in Northern Ireland, where he is credited - although far from unanimously - with helping bring about the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the political breakthrough that paved the way for Protestants and Catholics to share power...
...across years and countries.” Van Vuuren credits the Harvard Gumboots group for enabling him to discover more about his own country’s culture and history. “South Africans—in spite of our tumultuous history—are one of the warmest people. Our culture is very easygoing and accommodating to other people, and you really see that in Gumboots,” Hugo said. “Whenever a new American student showed up, it was about helping them get on board as soon as possible.” STOMPING...
...father in 1950. According to Cardullo’s daughter, Donez J. Cardullo-Tavilla, Cardullo “literally traveled all over the world,” bringing back “true delicacies” that could not be found anywhere in America. Cardullo-Tavilla added that her warmest memories of Cardullo involved “food, food, food.” She said her father was a devoted food connoisseur who always insisted on using the best ingredients. “It was unheard of to have a frozen dinner, to have Wonder bread, or Chips Ahoy cookies...
...that no matter how attractive and enjoyable these songs are to listen to, they have lost part of the distinctive character that made Vetiver unique. With “Tight Knit,” Vetiver have proven that they can play in other circles as well, producing their warmest and most enjoyable album yet. But they have yet to put their own stamp on these styles, and time will tell if their future recordings demonstrate that they can bridge the stylistic gap between the vivid and organic Vetiver of old and their jauntier and more playful newer material...