Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger have no more or less logic in their pleas for hundreds of millions of dollars for more ammunition than the Government ever did. Their public case rests on the analysis of the Communist mind (the enemy will negotiate this time) and the long-range weather forecasts (the monsoons are coming). In truth, they simply cannot bring themselves to walk out of BAWS...
About 2 million years ago, the earth's climate began to undergo drastic changes. The polar icecaps increased dramatically in size. Glaciers spread as far south as present-day New York City. Seeking to escape the chilly weather sweeping the face of the earth, many animals-including man-sought refuge in more southerly latitudes. Less adaptable or mobile creatures were destroyed by the advancing freeze...
...Even a single major volcanic outburst adds so much dust to the atmosphere that it reduces the amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface; the result can be a brief but noticeable cooling of global climate. After the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, for instance, unusually cool weather was reported in many parts of the world for several years. The evidence is still preserved in the annual growth rings of old trees. Only recently, scientists at the University of Arizona's tree-ring laboratory discovered disturbed rings in California trees, dating back to 1884, that showed...
...small electric motor outside. Shadows from trees and clouds dance across the walls and roof, changing shape as the afternoon sun dips toward the horizon. When Müller tires of the shifting shadows, he projects pictures of mountains, oceans and forests on the walls. In warm weather he pipes water to the roof, where it forms an enlarging puddle that depresses the vinyl and creates a natural swimming pool. (To get rid of the water, Müller simply turns up the pressure inside the bubble; the roof rises and the pool empties down the side of the house...
...turn-out at the hourly, five-days-a-week practices varies, he said, from 30 to 15 depending on the weather...