Word: wet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...space was quickly cleared for the jetliner to land at the nearest airport, Greater Cincinnati International in Covington, Ky. In the 17 minutes it took to reach the runway, the crew shepherded passengers to the front of the 101-seat plane; some on board held napkins and wet cloths to their faces against the choking fumes. By the time of touchdown, so much smoke had filled the cockpit that Pilot Don Cameron could not see his controls...
...came between Sydney and Cape Horn, when he had to go far south to pick up the prevailing westerly wind. For 13 days near 58° south latitude, he never saw the sun and at tunes could not even see the top of his mast. "Everything on board was wet and cold," he recalls, "and it was dangerous when I went to sleep. I couldn't know if I would crash with an iceberg." On two occasions his boat was knocked down flat in the water, and the rudder was badly damaged...
...unfortunate timing. Rev is a bitter geezer who lies about being a railroad detective and carries a starter pistol to intimidate his enemies, meaning anyone not a relative. The gun is drawn on Beeler for his failure to convince his accusers that chewing on an inch of cold, wet cigar violates neither the spirit nor the letter of Bullard's no-smoking sign. One thing leads to another, and another...
...show, the crowd clambers onto the runway and storms the backstage area, offering kisses, hugs and congrats. The press often gets in on the act too. Although it is difficult to imagine any member of the New York Drama Critics Circle jumping onstage to plant a big wet one on Carol Channing's cheek at opening-night curtain call, this sort of thing happens with regularity in the theater of fashion. After the show, fans review the designers with the kind of blurbs that usually run in block letters in movie ads. Lagerfeld was tops, Ferre was a knockout...
...went for the wild, wet West. Barely recuperated from winter storms that pounded Pacific Coast piers and unloaded record snows by the driftful, the region has been drowning in one of the wettest springs ever. Swollen by heavy rain and snow runoff in the mountains, Utah's Great Salt Lake is projected to peak at 4,204 ft. above sea level in June, nearly a foot more than officials estimated only months ago. The culprit: a spate of unseasonably cool, moist weather that has prevented evaporation, which normally acts to counterbalance the effects of the runoff. Damages to property...