Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Business nearly doubled for most Harvard Square stores last week thanks to the warm weather which led many to walk the streets of Cambridge, local merchants said late last week...
...Ever since the weather got warm," said Karl Berberick of the Golden Temple shoe store, "business has skyrocketed. Last Saturday was like a riot...
...warm weather, which has had thousands of potential buyers browsing the stores of Cambridge, has led especially to an increase in "impulse" sales, according to John B. Zedios of the Brattle Square Florist shop. He said, "warm weather gets the people inspired and flowers are supposed to be inspirational." Daffodils and tulips are also the store's best selling buds...
...pass out before I get that crazy." But the resorts are trying to restrain the sprees with stiffer law enforcement. Florida is raising its drinking age from 19 to 21, and Fort Lauderdale now prohibits open containers of booze in cars or alongside A1A. Still, the law and the weather did not always work well together. Heavy rains kept some vacationers inside hotels and motels, where maximum-capacity regulations prevented them from congregating in lobbies or other common areas. Thus the kids had only one place to do their drinking: their rooms. The resulting vandalism was the worst in years...
...crackdown and the wet weather had some bar owners and retailers complaining that business is off 25% to 30%. Even with the stricter rules, however, some aspects of spring break remain. "Most of the guys are still animals," said Gail Stout, a University of Missouri junior. "I don't think that will ever change." The behavior seemed transcontinentally contagious. In Palm Springs, Calif., hundreds of rioting students threw rocks and bottles, assaulted cars and stripped women of their clothing in a weekend melee. Some 100 overexuberant vacationers were arrested...