Word: warming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spirited critique of America's dunderheaded rush into the archipelago at the turn of the century. Unfortunately, the scope of In Our Image has muted the drama of Marcos' inexorable downfall. Karnow provides fascinating new details about Ronald Reagan's reluctant abandonment of Marcos and his less than warm relationship with Corazon Aquino. But that story, the most familiar to contemporary readers, feels perfunctory and overly concise in the book. Set against the turmoil of the Philippine past, it is merely a loud echo of older patterns in the historical cycle of the islands...
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,/ Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens / These are a few of my favorite things...
...There was a really wicked crosswind and during the warm-up [right before the race] and it felt sloppy," stroke Martha Welch said. "We had a really hard time getting on the stake boat and we were still sculling when they started to call for the start...
When people decide to cook for themselves at home, they often do not know exactly what to do. Instead of thawing food in the refrigerator, they leave it out on the kitchen counter where the exterior will warm up faster than the interior, thus promoting bacterial growth. Novice cooks also make the mistake of slicing raw meat and chopping vegetables on the same cutting board, encouraging the transfer of contaminants from one food to another. Dr. Robert Tauxe, of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, points out another no- no: "Sometimes people will take chicken out to the barbecue...
Unseasonably warm weather in Warsaw, 340 miles to the north, brought more political change into bloom. Two weeks ago, the Jaruzelski government and the Solidarity-led opposition agreed to hold elections for a second chamber of parliament, a revived senate that would include non-Communist candidates. Party leader Wojciech Jaruzelski, who presided over the crackdown outlawing Solidarity in 1981, was uncharacteristically exuberant: "Significant progress is being made to construct parliamentary democracy in Poland." In a church basement across the city, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa told his supporters that Poland was entering a decisive stage "we hope will lead to democracy...