Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wasn't an easy job, but the weather was good. Sis and I positioned ourselves outside the ranch in the morning to grab the papers as soon as they were delivered. Dad went up the satellite tower at UCSB with a radio transmitter to scatter the airwaves so no news broadcasts could make it over there. And Mom cruised the hills in a jeep in case that rascal Col. North were trying to sneak in to brief the President. The important thing was that President Reagan not hear anything about this nasty Iran-Nicaragua business...
Minitel is not all digitized gossip. Farmers use it to track weather reports and commodity prices. Pharmacists order drugs, investors check stock portfolios, and real estate agents post listings. Collectors sell antique furniture, rare coins and secondhand fur coats. Jacques Toubon, leader of Premier Jacques Chirac's Rassemblement pour la Republique party, invited voters last August to pose questions to him via Minitel and drew thousands of responses...
...south-central border. Indeed, most analysts still believe some sort of Iranian attack is in the offing. Originally it was expected before the beginning of the rainy season, which has arrived and will last until February. Now the speculation is that the Iranians may attempt a surprise bad-weather offensive in which Iraq's superiority in tanks and air power would be reduced by mud and thick cloud cover...
...mediocrity doesn't necessarily breed dull games, and the heavily bundled sell-out crowd at the Stadium should have a good game to look forward to. For the third straight weekend, the weather could play a major role in the Harvard contest...
...punch of Kevin Brice and Ted Macauley out of the backfield. Each runner has amassed more than 300 yards on the season, but only two other Yale ball-carriers have gained more than 35. This lack of depth could hurt if the teams are forced by the weather to stay on the ground extensively...