Word: weather
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...study, Kimata claimed to have found that laughter also alleviates allergic reactions. Allergy patients who were told to watch the Charlie Chaplin flick “Modern Times” saw a decrease in the size of skin welts while those who watched a video on weather experienced no change...
...weather is usually fair and mild with intermittent patches of gorgeousness and a lovely breeze; the Mediterranean Mistral here is more a whisper than a roar. For a break from the films, take lunch al fresco at a café across from the Palais and gaze at the beautiful people walking by; Cannes at Festival time has the world's densest patch of pulchritude. Or, if you want to run up a bill higher than the French national debt, sip a kir on the terrace of the criminally posh Majestic Hotel and watch the glitterati glide past; many of them...
...caused the coast to subside are pretty well understood. What's far less clear is the possible role of global warming. That rising temperatures heat the ocean and melt ice caps is undisputed. Most climate models also predict that turning up the worldwide thermometer will lead to more extreme weather patterns--hotter hots, colder colds, harder rains. Hurricanes would seem to be especially sensitive to climate changes, since warm ocean waters are the fuel that drives the storms...
...meantime, the weather is getting warmer, and summer travel beckons. Come June, students will trek to an inconveniently located airport to stand in long queues and move heavy bags. After the usual questions (“Did you pack your own bag?” “No, my mother did.” “Right, step this way for a bag-search.” “But my mum’s not a…”), their reward will be to crouch for a few hours with legroom barely sufficient...
Blessed with unseasonably perfect weather, Harvard celebrated its 14th annual Arts First festival this past weekend, a showcase of over 200 student art performances.Organized by the Office for the Arts (OFA), the springtime arts extravaganza featured venues of all shapes and sizes, from co-ed a cappella concerts to Japanese tea ceremony demonstrations. This year’s festivities, featuring a combination of dancers, singers, visual artists, actors, and musicians lead outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers to describe it as “one of the most enjoyable weekends of the year.”And the artists themselves...