Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...impending and then unfinished tutorial paper began to weigh upon me, like my personal rain cloud amidst the gorgeous sunny weather we were enjoying. I started fretting about my mother's visit, mentally evaluating its duration against my calculations for the time required for the paper. And so it was with some trepidation that I greeted my mom when she rolled into the Quad driveway in "the Bathtub," as my friends have affectionately dubbed our large white station wagon...
...pretty happy finishing the season with a PR," Martin said. "Any time you get a PR, it feels pretty good. I was actually looking to break nine minutes, but I wasn't used to the hot weather, though...
...pretty happy finishing the season with a PR," Martin said. "Any time you get a PR, it feels pretty good. I was actually looking to break nine minutes, but I wasn't used to the hot weather, though...
Though living in the midst of Tornado Alley, most Oklahomans have never seen a twister. Many figured they'd never see one, assuming twisters only strike far out on the prairie, beyond the towns. That myth was laid to rest last Monday. At midafternoon National Weather Service meteorologists noted a startling accumulation of the supercell thunderstorms that spawn whirlwinds. By 4:45 they had issued their first tornado warning. Starting at 5:00 and continuing for 20 hours, a legion of twisters--more than 40, coming so fast that the exact count is uncertain--scourged the region. One, a behemoth...
...beloved, hapless Orioles haven't given this gritty port city much to cheer about lately, and neither did the drizzly weather last Monday. But you could feel a tropical sizzle building as the lights came up at Camden Yards that evening, and about 150 police officers--three times the usual contingent--surrounded the place. A salsa band heated up the bricks behind left field, and the usual ballpark air of stale beer and popcorn gave way to the exotic aromas of rum-and-mint mojitos and fine Havana cigars, which Yanqui yuppies puffed in violation of the U.S. trade embargo...