Word: winded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the Mexican border to north of Los Angeles, throughout an arid strip 200 miles long, a series of fires raged for three days. Fueled by humidity as low as 1%, temperatures in the 90s and wind shrieking at 70 m.p.h., the fires blackened 109,068 acres, routed more than 5,000 people from their homes, killed five and caused at least $6,000,000 damage...
When the thirsty Santa Ana wind began howling out of the Mojave Des ert last week, sucking dry the trees and chaparral, Southern California was only a spark away from a disastrous fire...
...came into being. Meeting in Cairo under the auspices of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the two terrorist groups-the National Liberation Front (N.L.F.) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY)-had been unable to agree for weeks on forming a new government. But when they got wind of Britain's new intentions, they hastily got together. Neither group would say much about the new government, but N.L.F. men, including Leader Qahtan al Shaabi, are almost certain to end up in key positions. Reason: the N.L.F. not only has taken control-more or less...
...Boston rain and wind grew more intense, fewer and fewer people were coming to the polling place. This gave the writer-turned-poll worker more cause to worry about his candidate's chances but also more time to talk. "Right now, the two most exciting cities in North America are Toronto and Montreal. Both are vibrant; they're filled with young creative and intelligent people. They're stimulating cities in which to live--ideas get tossed around; ideas get tried...
Kirkland played the first half with the wind at its back, but a strong Eliot defense held, and the halftime score...