Word: weathers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...controversy also tapped worries about whether Obama--with his liberal voting record, lack of experience and unconventional brand of politics--can weather a Republican onslaught in the fall. Obama's advisers concede that his insurgent campaign against Clinton was going so smoothly, it was a little hard to know how the candidate would handle a crisis of his own making--as opposed to finding the right way to distance himself from the incendiary remarks of others. Obama's own words were potentially more damaging than the controversial comments of his minister Jeremiah Wright or even his wife Michelle's declaration...
...There is disagreement about what the weather forecast had been for that afternoon. The OTC maintains there had been no prediction of heavy rain. However, a local bureau, MetService, is saying otherwise. What is clear is that at around 3:30 a downpour, described by OTC chief executive Grant Davidson as a "rain bomb," struck the area, causing an extremely rapid rise in the river's water level. It soared from 0.5 cubic meter to 18 cubic meters in half an hour, according to Davidson. "I have seen that amount of water but I have never seen it come down...
...Wild weather followed the Harvard sailing team around New England last weekend, but the sailors prevailed, finishing near the top of the pack in three regattas.The Crimson’s top co-ed sailors spent the weekend in Newport, R.I., sailing at the New England Dinghy Championship. The squad’s seventh-place finish earned it a berth in the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Semifinals.Meanwhile, some of the younger members of Harvard’s co-ed team sailed closer to home in the Oberg Trophy, held on the Charles River. The Crimson placed sixth in the 15-team...
...Whether it was the sudden shift in weather—the sunny 65-degree weather quickly became torrential downpours late in the fourth—fatigue, or simply being outplayed, the final quarter was an aberration from Harvard’s general play, as the first three frames had been some of the best all season for the defensive corps...
Facing its fourth consecutive ranked opponent, even the unexpectedly sunny weather wasn’t enough for the Harvard women’s lacrosse team (7-5, 1-3 Ivy), as it fell to a difficult 18-9 loss against Princeton (10-0, 4-0 Ivy) at Harvard Stadium on Saturday afternoon. “We played pretty well the first half, but we fell apart in the second half,” captain Lauren Bobzin said. “But it was great to show we could play with one of the best teams in the country...