Word: weather
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviets profess to be confused by Carter's policies, which Moscow's weekly New Times complained are "changeable as the weather." But they are also openly angry. The Pravda commentary, which is viewed by Western experts as the official Kremlin response to Carter's Annapolis address, denounced the President for presenting the most "preconceived and distorted" analysis of Soviet "realities" since the days of the cold war. The shrill rebuttal by the Communist Party daily also charged that Carter was "whipping up the arms race" and "exaggerating in every way the elements of rivalry and belittling...
...warm weather does make us ease up a little, as we shift from a daily to a twice-weekly publication schedule for the vacation months. But because most of the regular staff clears out for home after examination period, the skeleton crew that stays behind has to work that much harder to keep the presses rolling...
Heavy rains in California savaged the vegetable crop and were largely responsible for April's heady 30% rise in the price of lettuce. Fresh fruits are also expected to climb by 15% to 16% during the year. Pork production was expected to grow by 13% this year, but cold weather made the animals more susceptible to disease, and growth projections have now been scaled back to from...
...that should result in better prices for consumers by midsummer. That hardly means the problem is on the way to being solved. After revising its wishful-thinking January guesstimate, the Administration now forecasts a total 1978 food price rise of 8% to 10%, and with a bit of bad weather between now and year's end, even that figure may turn out to be too optimistic...
...heavens for thousands of years, pacifying the gods, protecting souls, relaying lovers' messages, celebrating the seasons. Frorn the Chinese Han dynasty through the space age, kites made of leaves, paper, silk and now plastic have also been used to catch fish, spy on enemies, send signals, divine the weather, explore the atmosphere, photograph the earth, tow boats, advertise corsets, drop bombs and loft men and women into the wind. In the past decade the kite, the honorable ancestor of all aircraft, has colored American skies in vast numbers, dazzling hues, and sufficient shapes, sizes and forms to fill catalogs...