Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...factor that contributed to the Crimson's five losses may have been adjusting to the outdoors and the heat of California. All of Harvard's previous matches this year have been played indoors because of bad weather. The Crimson also played six matches in six days...
Unseasonably warm weather in Warsaw, 340 miles to the north, brought more political change into bloom. Two weeks ago, the Jaruzelski government and the Solidarity-led opposition agreed to hold elections for a second chamber of parliament, a revived senate that would include non-Communist candidates. Party leader Wojciech Jaruzelski, who presided over the crackdown outlawing Solidarity in 1981, was uncharacteristically exuberant: "Significant progress is being made to construct parliamentary democracy in Poland." In a church basement across the city, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa told his supporters that Poland was entering a decisive stage "we hope will lead to democracy...
Forget the days when the only extra services your telephone provided were the time and the weather. Thanks to New York City-based Phone Programs, a pioneer in prerecorded hot lines, everything from fresh sports scores to stale Henny Youngman jokes are now no farther away than the buttons on your Touch-Tone phone. The latest offering: daily messages from Samantha Fox, Bobby Brown and other recording stars. Initially dismissed by the music industry as an offbeat stunt, the gambit may become rock 'n' roll's hottest promotional device since the video...
...opposition parties planned mass street rallies to force Papandreou's resignation, Parliament was debating a motion of no confidence that would bring about new elections. But most political observers predicted that Papandreou would weather the vote, set for early this week. His political fate is not likely to be settled until Greece holds scheduled elections in June, and the outlook for the beleaguered Prime Minister then is considerably more problematic...
That is too harsh, although this final leg sometimes displays the enervation of a long haul. When last seen, Talbot was in a severely damaged and leaky old warship. Now the weather turns ornery. Talbot mentions this to his new friend, the ship's first lieutenant Charles Summers, and receives a scary response: "You have seen nothing yet, Edmund. There is something at the back of this wind...