Word: weatherizing
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...find far more disruptive and entertaining traumas - flood, fire, financial ruin, murder, rape, penury - in Swift's previous novels. And yet, despite its frustrating lack of world-class tragedy, there is something doggedly compelling about Tomorrow. Even when you know what's coming, the way Swift uses dialogue, weather, flashbacks, foreshadowing and sheer finesse to get Paula straight through till dawn - without sounding like a nattering neurotic - is impressive. It's like watching a 19th century master at the top of his form, using yesterday's winches and grommets to build today's world. Who cares what tomorrow may bring...
Environmental skeptics, including the Bush Administration, dispute the more dire predictions about climate change. But others in the developed world are beginning to sound alarms about the weather's role in warmaking. On April 16, 11 former U.S. admirals and generals published a report for the think tank CNA Corporation that described climate change as a "threat multiplier" in volatile parts of the world. The next day, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett hosted the first-ever debate on climate change and armed conflict at the U.N. Security Council. "What makes wars start?" asked Beckett. "Fights over water. Changing patterns...
Best part about Harvard: Today’s weather (its like...
Worst part about Harvard: Last week’s weather, month before that, year before that, tomorrow’s weather...
Worst part about Harvard: The cold weather...