Word: windblown
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Thus the presidential parade passes by, all but meaningless except to the can didates, the political groupies, the press. On the windblown streets, with snow stacked at the curbs and down the center strip, people all seem to be blimp-shaped, wrapped in navy or rust or blue quilted suits. In motels, freezing guests set thermostats at 90°-but the mercury never touches 60° all night...
...takes its toll on Ackermann herself. As we speak, she is at times the young windblown woman on the campaign posters, hot on a favorite topic like the treatment of troubled youth or the mentally ill. At other times she seems halting, uncomfortable and downright tired as she runs through her paces on standard topics...
...were headed into the morning sun. 'Fresh tracks are easily seen when you look into the sun,' Lomblot explained. 'We can also tell how long ago they were made by how windblown they are.' We passed a sugar-cane field. 'Hate to see sugar cane grown this close to the river,' he said. 'Good place for aliens to hide. Good place to hide dope or smuggled merchandise and later pick it up.' [Drugs as well as people do indeed flow north across the river...
Senior co-captain Dave Acorn drilled home a dramatic goal with less than a minute remaining in the game on cold, windblown Business School field Saturday, giving the soccer team a 1-1 tie with Yale and a 2-10-1 record for the season...
Cornell broke the Crimson's backs at 11:45 of the second half when John Reisinger's windblown 30-foot shot settled into the back of the net. That was it as the combatants spent the rest of the game sloshing around and watching passes stop in the middle of growing puddles. Harvard coach George Ford resorted to yelling, "Keep the ball out of the water...