Word: weatherly
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...Suttons and Adomanises. The holiday season is, inevitably, a time of family get-togethers and gossip. Because of this, family is a subject of discussion more than at any other time of the year; names long-unmentioned suddenly crop up as frequently as the local sports team or the weather. Perhaps some of my “discoveries” are merely the product of an over-active mind, finally given a respite during vacation, and the introspection that typically accompanies the end of one year and the start of the next. Especially at a place like Harvard, however, where...
...time at home,” Joseph F. Quinn ’08 said. “I use the subway a lot to get around the city.” As a result of the strike, commuters struggled to find new means of transportation ranging from cold weather bike rides to crowded taxicabs and impromptu car pools. Benjamin M. Lutero, who drives to work every day from Long Island, said that he picked up three strangers on Dec. 20 from a subway stop a few miles out of the city. “I used good judgment...
...freezing weather closes in on the Neelum Valley, which climbs to 2,425 m above sea level, George and legions of other relief workers are worried that their efforts won't be enough. The earthquake that ripped through Pakistan and India killed more than 75,000 and injured more than 128,000. It also left some 3.5 million people without livelihoods, food or homes. Short on supplies, and with time and nature working against them, aid workers are struggling to protect those survivors and prevent further deaths. "This is a perfect storm of relief obstructions," says Thomas Miller, chief executive...
...only the cost of food to ward off starvation (the quake destroyed the villagers' regular winter stores). Helicopters cost up to $16,000 an hour to operate, and much more money is needed to rebuild homes and schools and to provide medical care for the sick and injured. The weather has been relatively dry so far. But with temperatures in areas above 1,500 m now dipping to -8?C, shelter is an immediate concern. There aren't enough tin sheets, a construction staple, to go around. At higher elevations, only about 10% of residents have them, says Sardar Rafiq...
...result of the strike, commuters are struggling to find new means of transportation ranging from cold weather bike rides to crowded taxicabs and impromptu car pools...