Word: weather
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wasn't quite like last summer, but the first heat wave of July 1989 was officially declared in the Boston area yesterday, as weather officials recorded the third straight day of 90-degree-plus temperatures...
Actually, yesterday's recorded high of 93 degrees Farenheit was higher--slightly--than the 92 degrees the National Weather Service recorded on August 5, 1988, when for the first time ever, high temperatures forced Harvard to close down...
...monitor the Valdez after it veered outside normal shipping lanes. Following the last radio transmission by Hazelwood, the Coast Guard did not communicate with the Valdez until after the grounding, nearly an hour later. Nor did it track the tanker by radar. The Coast Guard has cited possible weather conditions, poor equipment and the change-of-shift preoccupations of a watchman to explain why the ship was not picked up on radar. More important, although seamen insist they rely heavily on Coast Guard monitoring in the entire sound, Coast Guard officials maintain they are not technically required to track ships...
...leadership. After all, as the nation's most-quoted expert on constitutional law, who would better understand why protecting flag-burning is so essential to basic civil liberties? And as a heralded liberal (whom many say will have his own seat on the Court someday), who could better weather the political storm and take the unpopular but moral stand...
...about. The company cultivates a shamelessly folksy image, urging readers of its magazine ads to call a "friendly southern Wisconsin voice." Lands' End operators, many of whom are housewives or students from the surrounding farm country, are famous for their willingness to chat, even about the weather. "We're trying to build a relationship with a customer, not consummate a sale," says President Richard Anderson...