Word: wet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work is Fort Worth's Water Garden. The garden has three pools, each with a different speed-sound characteristic-"quiet, fizz and rush." The "quiet" pool is surrounded by a high wall with a continuous gutter that spills softly along its top, keeping the walls continuously dark and wet, adding to a public sensation of cool quiet and private peace. The "fizz" pool shoots up some 25 spray jets, producing a continual mist -"like ground fog settling among trees or over a swamp." The "rush" is a deep vortex of cascading water, studded with descending steps on which children...
Fountain makers have found that unlike many Europeans who do not seem to mind getting slightly wet in the vicinity of fountains, American passers-by are not amused by an errant drenching from a wind-blown water jet. Some are even inclined to call the police. Many new fountains, therefore, are designed to be windproof...
...show this winter, she has a more slippery task: to do the "Roman Dolphin Ride," a regular stunt at San Diego's Sea World. After two splashy falls, she managed to stand up and water-ski on the backs of two friendly dolphins, who, she complained, felt "like wet inner tubes" and gave her a rough ride. She also had a run-in with another aquatic creature; Shamu, the resident killer whale, swam up and gave her a big wet kiss. "He has a 30-lb. tongue," shuddered Valerie. "And you could be wiped out if you moved...
Torrijos, son of rural schoolteachers, frequently visits the countryside and delights in slogging through waist-high water in the jungle. "Once in a while," he has said, "a leader must get his feet wet and mud on his boots." But his laws against dismissal of workers and eviction of tenants for nonpayment of rent have contributed to the country's economic problems. Panama's foreign debt is now $700 million, while unemployment has soared to 12% nationally, and is much higher in urban areas. The economy has remained virtually stagnant since...
...years. "I'm playing tennis," she beams. "I've never played before, so I'm just learning. But I really enjoy it. It's a time to be with Jimmy." After tennis one blistering day ("You get so hot you're wet all over"), Rosalynn cast off inhibition and jumped into the swimming pool, tennis dress and all. "It felt so good we've done it several times." But a lifetime of putting work above pleasure nudges her into a rationale for tennis: "I really need the exercise. And when you live where...