Word: weather
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...good day for a funeral procession. Temperature: ninety-two at one p.m. and expected to rise to a hundred and ten before day's end." This steep a rise in the course of an afternoon is all but impossible, as anyone with a passing familiarity with the region's weather knows; anyway, it never gets that hot in Manila, not even close. It might seem a small point, but a book that seeks to speak with authority about the Philippines unnecessarily handicaps itself with a sloppy factual error in the first paragraph...
Summers opened his speech on a whimsical note: “I want to thank Dean Kirby for arranging this weather.” He continued in a jaunty manner, making quips about “browsing through thefacebook.com” to get to know the freshman class instead of reading their application essays. He added that he even tried to register his profile at thefacebook.com, but “my teenage daughters threatened to disown me if I did,” he said...
...chilled as a glass of Blanc de Blanc while visiting one of Moët & Chandon's vineyards near Epernay. And in the fall, when vendange is underway and you can watch as the grapes are harvested by hand, it can be cool indeed. But it's the weather, along with the area's chalky, bone-white soil, that helps this region of France produce the best of bubbly. Two days should suffice for an even-paced visit that includes the essential comforts (great food and lodging) and exciting champagne. Experience the Grande Marques - the Clicquots...
...Shows close; that?s life and death upon the wicked stage. But do shows open in the hot weather? Not ever. No, never. (Well, hardly ever. ?Hairspray? came to town two Augusts ago and has done nicely.) So if you?re in search of innovative, often inspiring theater instead of Broadway?s summer reruns, get thee to London. I did, a while back, and had an exalting time. Though all the plays I saw were set in the past, many had a modern relevance...
Over the past few weeks, as the threat of a Cipel lawsuit mounted, McGreevey had to decide whether he would just come out of the closet or also resign. Some advisers, including Zoffinger, argued that he should try to weather the scandal. In the end, however, "[McGreevey] didn't want to go through what Bill Clinton went through with the impeachment process," says Zoffinger. "He didn't want to put the state through 16 more months of debate about this issue...