Word: winterizer
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...bring out the sweaters and scarves from my closet for winter, that’s when I really begin to miss my hometown of Dallas. Not only is the weather far more appealing but it’s the only place where I feel like I can speak in my real voice...
...harsh mountainous terrain and the dispersal of the PKK makes it unlikely that the Turkish army will stage a major invasion this year and risk being caught in the mountains with winter fast approaching. Still, the mere threat of Turkish action has had an effect: The last stable part of Iraq no longer feels quite the safe haven it had become for thousands of refugees from the civil war in the rest of the country. "We fled from Baghdad, and now we are afraid of the Turks," said Mary Toma, a Christian refugee from the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad...
...Seminole Invitational in Tallahassee, Fla., seven players to Dartmouth’s Big Green Invitational in Hanover, N.H., and it sent co-captain Dan Nguyen to ITA National Indoor Championships in Columbus, Ohio.The weekend’s matches were the team’s last before its long winter layoff, which continues until late January. As such, they were an opportunity for the players to build positive momentum and to uncover any weaknesses that can be addressed during the winter. For Nguyen, who earned a berth in the national indoor tournament with his second-place finish as the ITA Regionals...
...poems written from the viewpoint of a patient in a hospital. The dire circumstance is made peaceful by gentle, imaginative language. For example, in “Hopsital: far from home,” phrases such as “cinnamon slipper” and “winter fields like covers” give the poem a warm and dreamy tone, which allows the reader to feel at peace despite the subject matter. Each poem in the fourth section, “From the Questions of Bhanu Kapil,” takes its title from a question from Bhanu...
...Bolivarian economic model does not: The federal state generates grassroots support by highly-advertised social spending with little regard for long-term planning. For example, Argentina is now facing the consequences of a lack of investment in its energy infrastructure before and during Kirchner’s administration. Last winter, it had to cut electrical power to fast-growing industries to avoid leaving homes without heating. But because this year is a (re)election year for the governing couple, the obscure ministries of Social Development and Federal Planning now take charge of more than half of the state?...