Word: wet
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...High Sierras. Other essentials are a warm sleeping bag, insect repellent, a canteen (don't trust that there'll be water everywhere), and if you're in the East, a light tent and rain poncho (afternoon showers are common, and there is nothing worse than hiking in wet clothes). The cardinal rule, however, is travel light. As an experienced backpacker said, "Put everything you think is absolutely essential in one pile, then take half of that...
...summer). Last year, when record temperatures' plagued the area for weeks, many of the tourists took their pictures through the tinted windows of their air-conditioned Greyhounds. The only relief is water; hence the city hospital daily treats patients who didn't find out until they were wet that a swim in the Charles is best accompanied by a tetanus shot...
...simple method by which people can protect themselves in the event of a hotel fire is to supply each room with a plastic hose that could be attached to a water outlet in the bathroom. The hose could be used to wet down a room completely...
...rally. In Nagasaki, the historic center of Japanese Catholicism, the crowds were larger: 47,000 stoically endured a freak February blizzard to attend an outdoor Mass. Eventually more than 300 people had to be taken to first-aid stations because they were suffering from exposure to the cold and wet snow...
Although Jacques Hugon's present role only requires he get wet once or twice a year--like in last Saturday's 79-34 dunking of Yale, when he appeared as guest anchorman on the Harvard divers' 400-yd. relay squad--the French-born sophomore has proven himself an invaluable asset to the Harvard men's swim team without ever scoring a point...