Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Attempts to stiffen requirements for older drivers can collide with other concerns. Many auto-insurance companies offer discount rates to drivers over 65 because they tend to drive less frequently and to avoid hazardous situations like rush-hour traffic and bad weather. Another issue is compassion: depriving many senior citizens of their licenses would amount to robbing them of their independence. "The use of a car is particularly important to older citizens," says Florida Congressman Claude Pepper, 88. "It's a vital link to the outside world...
...first road playoff victory for the 49ers since 1970, and it dispelled the notion that the Californians would be numbed in the kind of weather that has been so good to the Bears in playoffs past...
...game began in 17-degree temperatures and a wind-chill factor of minus-26, leading the scoreboard to exult "Bearrrrrr Weather" between warnings to the 64,830 fans to watch for signs of frostbite...
...idea is that if those people survived four years of bad food and long winters, then so can we and future generations of Harvard students. At other schools, students demonstrate school pride by painting themselves blue and taking off their shirts in sub-zero weather at nationally televised football games. We drop names. And in an age of declining prestige, we should thank the Lord ('00) that we can still do that...
...ozone layer could be counteracted by a variety of Star Wars-like techniques. They include lofting frozen ozone "bullets" into the upper atmosphere and blasting apart ozone-depleting molecules in the air with huge terrestrial laser beams. But such grandiose schemes would be unreliable and could change weather patterns in unpredictable ways. In the end, it may be safer and cheaper, if inconvenient, to cope with ozone depletion by wearing wide-brimmed hats, sunglasses and sunscreen...