Word: weather
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When election day arrived, the weather once again plagued Bilandic. It turned mild and sunny, and citizens turned out in near record numbers (57%) to vent their fury. Byrne won in 29 of the city's 50 wards, scoring most heavily in black neighborhoods whose residents blamed Bilandic for a transit authority decision to eliminate several passenger stops so as to serve outlying white areas better. Many residents were also angry at Bilandic's having outmaneuvered black Alderman Wilson Frost, the council's senior member, for the temporary appointment to succeed Daley...
...Jupiter's stormy weather that caused the greatest excitement. Voyager's electronic eyes spotted dozens of storms across Jupiter's banded face. Most of them measure about 6,000 miles wide, far larger than their earthly counterparts. Largest is the Great Red Spot, a permanent hurricane with a maximum width as much as three times the earth's diameter. University of Arizona Astronomer Bradford A. Smith was both awed and puzzled by these storms: "It's as if each of these things has a life of its own. You can stretch them, deform them...
...either closing early or limiting sales. Airline flights continue to be affected; last week an Eastern Air Lines plane carrying Chairman Frank Borman from Miami to Atlanta was diverted to Tampa to take on fuel. These spot shortages will probably become more acute and will spread when warm weather leads to more driving and the Energy Department moves to ensure that no one region is disproportionately affected. The loss of "sweet" low-sulfur Iranian crude will hit supplies of premium and unleaded gas especially hard...
Unlike the heavy, metal-edged varieties used by downhill aficionados, touring skis are narrow and graceful. The waxable kind that require specially color-coded waxes for different temperatures give optimum performance. But the skier must become something of an expert on snow and weather conditions and take the time to continually change waxes: a day's outing could necessitate the use of green for subzero temperatures, blue for slightly warmer air and red for melting snow. The more casual cross-country skier usually chooses a waxless ski that comes grooved with fish-scale, diamond or chevron patterns to provide...
Clothing gathers mildew. Water seeps through the seams, while drinking water is usually in short supply. In some areas, winter is a constant war against cold weather. Live-aboards cannot take for granted such mundane matters as toilets and garbage disposal, laundry, showering, washing, utility and telephone connections. Says New Yorker Susan Elliott, 33, who runs a happy ship with Daughter Tania, 11: "It makes living on a New Hampshire farm seem easy." (She tried that too.) A less tangible disadvantage is that boat people lose their old landlubber friends. Also, banks and stores sometimes look on a local Sinbad...