Word: wet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think people were just disappointed at the first day's [10th place] showing, so it was hard to get things rolling," Bickley said. "It was cold and wet, but it was the same for everybody, so you can't really make excuses...
...logic prevailed, Fao would be awarded not to the winner but to the loser of the struggle for this wet, muddy wasteland. Heavy trucks carrying Iraqi soldiers and supplies to the front rumble over roads running along levees, above the marshy terrain approaching Fao. The Iranians, using flat-bottomed boats with powerful outboard engines, roar across the blue-green waters of the gulf to deliver ammunition and reinforcements, who bring the latest , exhortations of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini...
...without the courtesy to be truly poor or very rich will continue to have difficulties. It seems almost obscene that this goes on when so much money is around, but then, that's big bucks education. The commitment to students is so deep, you could almost get your knees wet. Andrew Mastin...
...fluid movements onstage, but this was ridiculous. Mikhail Baryshnikov's repertoire was strictly freestyle, as he took a break from the American Ballet Theater's six-city tour to try a little whale dancing last week at San Diego's Sea World aquatic park. Trading his tights for a wet suit, the A.B.T. director jumped into a training tank for a pas de trois with two 900-lb. Pacific whales. An avid supporter of the Save the Whales campaign, the Latvian fed the leviathans some fish and performed an impromptu water ballet with them. "They're so powerful...
...crackdown and the wet weather had some bar owners and retailers complaining that business is off 25% to 30%. Even with the stricter rules, however, some aspects of spring break remain. "Most of the guys are still animals," said Gail Stout, a University of Missouri junior. "I don't think that will ever change." The behavior seemed transcontinentally contagious. In Palm Springs, Calif., hundreds of rioting students threw rocks and bottles, assaulted cars and stripped women of their clothing in a weekend melee. Some 100 overexuberant vacationers were arrested...