Word: winterizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Elevators rarely work. Despite this winter's bone-chilling temperatures, the project's 4,000 residents have had heat only intermittently. Several days before Christmas, one shivering tenant accidentally set her apartment on fire with an electric space heater. She had to wait 31½ weeks for the public housing authority to make repairs. She still is without regular heat. More than a decade ago, dynamite and wrecking balls claimed St. Louis' Pruitt-Igoe, the nation's high-rise symbol of all that was wrong with public housing...
...This winter," says Doug Crowe, a Wyoming wildlife official, "started out like a bear...
...four times as great as normal, makes Rockies residents look toward the spring thaw with apprehension. Says California Meteorologist Jerome Namais: "This is potentially a very dangerous situation." All over the region, the snow facts seem almost like Paul Bunyan tall tales. Utah and Idaho last endured such snowy winters in the 1880s. In Alta, Utah, more than 20 ft. fell during December alone, exceeding the previous record by 5 ft. "I've never seen a winter this hard on deer," says Joe Gerrans, a Colorado wildlife supervisor. The snows came unusually early, so the herds had only...
...what's all over the sports page? Stupid question, considering that all those wonderfully exciting winter sports like hockey and basketball and, until recently, football are now in bloom...
Because many Classics players have played on the Harvard j.v., there is a spirited rivalry that surfaces when the teams compete. Earlier this year, the Classics beat the j.v., but after winter break and a three-week respite from basketball, the Classics fell to their opposition. "We were a little out of shape," Wanger explains...