Word: weather
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eventually, however, the gods smiled on the ambitious endeavor. The rosy- fingered dawn that broke over the Greek air force base at Heraklion last Saturday was accompanied by only the merest zephyrs, perfect flight weather for Daedalus. Temperatures were mild, in the high 60s, ensuring that Kanellopoulos would not burn himself out during the long flight. By 3 a.m., most members of the team were awake. Some made last-minute checks of the weather, while others gently assembled the spindly pink-silver-and-white plane and carried it to the runway. At 7:06 Kanellopoulos eased his 156-lb. frame...
...play in 60-degree weather for the first time in several games," Coach Jon Wentzell said...
...Harvard track teams fell to Yale in New Haven Saturday in the worst weather conditions of the season that the teams have had to endure...
...weather conditions involved a severe combination of sleet, rain and snow. Mayer, who placed second in the 100m and third in the 200m, described what it was like running against the wind in the harsh conditions...
...unshakable fever. In some victims the chief symptom is a languid indifference to conventional morality. In others the illness manifests itself in a restless pursuit of the usual home remedies for boredom: drugs, alcohol and, of course, outrageous sex. You could blame this malaise on Kenya's equatorial weather -- bound to have a curious effect on the dank blue blood of English aristocrats. More likely, though, the idle colonial social climate, circa 1940-41, is doing them in. With too much time on their hands, and not enough money in their purses, these stranded idlers have to fill the endless...