Word: weatherly
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...wanted to leave my freshman fall,” she says. “The culture was just so different.” A native of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Jones started college in the same boat as many other warm-weather-loving, East-coast-bound soon-to-be-Ivy-Leaguers. The adjustment wasn’t an easy one for her. But four years later, Jones dreads the thought of leaving the hallowed halls she now calls home...
...soaked during the long walk from building to building. I see no reason why we had to spend two days sitting in lecture with our wet jeans plastered to our shivering thighs when we have $25.9 billion at our disposal to protect us from inconveniences like the weather. If the United States of America—which doesn’t even have an endowment—can build a shield to protect us from incoming nuclear weapons, the least we could expect from a school such as Harvard is research into the feasibility of stretching a Star Wars-esque...
Firth emphasized, though, that “Hurricane Katrina was not a result of climate change” and was merely an example of the ripple effects that could potentially occur as a result of an increase in extreme weather...
More generally, the study presented a two-level approach to reduce the risks of climate change. The first level, “direct mitigation,” includes, among other measures, increasing monitoring of extreme weather hazards and distributing bed nets to curb the spread of malaria, Firth said...
...Democrats or Republicans, or liberals or conservatives, but as Americans—to honor our soldiers, and to thank them for answering our call to service,” McSorley said over the microphone. About 20 students attended the event and, in spite of the poor weather conditions, the organizers maintained a high level of enthusiasm. “I’m glad that the two groups came together not necessarily to send a political message about the president or the war, but just to support kids our age who are out there, risking their lives for our country...