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Word: winterizer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chambers played football in the fall and, having "noting better to do," contacted Coach Tom Schneider about playing hoops in the winter. Schneider gave him the opportunity to play J.V., and after a rash of injuries hit the Quakers, the 5-ft., 10-in. guard was allowed to practice with the varsity...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Ivy Race Closer After Tigers Beat Penn | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

REMEMBER those two weeks between winter break and exams? Harvard calls it reading period. But those of you who were writing history papers or attending economics lectures probably can't recall doing much reading...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Revamping "Reading Period" | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

Political solutions are not uppermost in the minds of most of the 2.2 million residents of Kabul. They are worrying about day-to-day survival. The winter has been unusually harsh. With the exception of the Salang Highway, roads into the city are cut, resulting in shortages of bread, diesel fuel, sugar, kerosene and other basics; electricity is available only part of the time. The Kabul grain silo, which usually holds a stock of 20,000 tons, has been empty at several points in the past few weeks. The poor are especially vulnerable because they cannot afford to shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan Waiting for the End | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...what have we had instead of winter? The same boring weather, day after day. All of January was the same, 55 degrees and partly cloudy. So was the entire fall. For variation, it rains...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Whither the Cambridge Winter? | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

...feel sorry for these poor, heat-crazed Western freshmen. The way this winter is going, they may never get the pleasure of falling through pristine snow and making snow angels. Instead, they will toss their frisbees at squirrels and say, "Hey, dudes, this weather, like, shreds. This is, like, what it's like in Southland--bitching. Rock...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Whither the Cambridge Winter? | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

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