Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major reason for the drought is man's neglect of the land. Goats and camels have denuded millions of acres of savanna. In order to feed their animals, herdsmen cut off the tops of trees, halting their growth. Weather experts believe that this systematic stripping of land has altered the climate and brought about an unmistakable decline in the rainfall. As a result, the Sahara is spreading south at a rate of more than half a mile each year...
...game survived it all. How? Is it because of the inexhaustible promotional gimmicks, the bat and ball and senior citizens days; the all-weather artificial turf; the dazzling uniforms? Is it the metaphysics and momentum that still continue from the zenith of the '30s and '40s? Or is it that this supposedly stolid, permanent game has imperceptibly accommodated change-that in each era it has accepted physical, textual and social alterations that a decade before had seemed impossibly revolutionary? Is it that, in the end, no other sport is so accurate a reflection of the supposedly stolid, permanent...
...weekend golfer faces horrendous frustrations: long queues at public courses; the expense of private clubs; capricious weather that can rain him out or sun him to a cinder before the ninth hole. One way to beat all these hazards is to forget that the Scots intended golf to be an outdoor game. Then the player can use one of the dozens of indoor ranges that employ computers and color slides to give customers the illusion that they are playing real golf on a famous course...
Golf-O-Rama's owner, Norman Schaut, 40, is convinced that the electronic golf course will become more than a foul-weather substitute for the real thing. Golf's popularity continues to grow, and land scarcity makes construction of new outdoor courses difficult in many areas. Already Schaut has noticed a number of regular customers, including one who brings in a different opponent every time he arrives. One day this regular confided to Schaut that "it's as easy to lose your shirt in here as it is outdoors." He may be the world's first...
...trading houses also provide their clients with a wide range of services, including storing, transporting and insuring goods. They hunt up bank loans when needed. A small army of trading-house representatives roams the world sending back a steady stream of information on foreign politics, weather, and anything else that might affect an export decision. The trading houses also organize huge consortiums to tap natural resources anywhere. Mitsui, for instance, is a major partner in a group that is developing copper deposits in the African nation of Zaire...