Word: wet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...asked a lady in a wool shop how to get to Donovan's house. She gave me directions and again I set off. But it started to rain, as it is want to do in Scotland, and, I got wet. However, the key to success in this world is perserverance, and my motorcycle and I did just that...
...controls some 600,000 Palestinian Arabs, does his job with a lean staff of no more than 300 Israelis. TIME Correspondent Jim Bell cabled last week after a five-day tour of the West Bank: "The Israelis you saw were in the occasional infantry squad, their combat fatigues wet with sweat, walking along a road or eating rations under a gnarled olive tree. Occasionally others raced by in Jeeps and weapons carriers, looking neither right nor left. In Jenin, messengers came and went from the military governor's office. Across the street a sweating workman was putting new glass...
Under common law, the states own the portion of the beaches that lies between low and high water marks; the so-called "wet sand" is thus open to anyone. But it has never been made clear whether a person has the right to cross private property to gain access to that public land. In fact, some states grant vested rights in the beaches to the localities, which also claim authority to enforce restrictions on bathing by virtue of their police power. As a consequence, the law varies enormously from state to state and the rights of the public remain...
...Bristol and sodden in Somerset. He was rained upon almost everywhere (though not, oddly, at a place in Scotland called Hill of Drip), making clear why one of the few Gaelic words he picked up en route was fliuch. It is pronounced, he says, "floo-chh" and it means "wet...
...driver is all Scottish charm; he wears Savile Row suits and affects shoulder-length locks. When it comes to his profession, however, he is all caution and conservatism. The Belgian Grand Prix was canceled this year largely because of his argument that the race would be too dangerous on wet roads. He was among the first Grand Prix drivers to use the six-point-contact seatbelt, and he introduced the idea of remote-control fire extinguishers in the engine compartment and cockpit, which racing authorities may make compulsory...