Word: zonal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years. Excluding the aging Chris Evert, 32, no American-born woman active today has ever won Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the French Open or the Australian Open. In terms of the Davis Cup, the U.S. (a recent loser to Paraguay) has been reclassified a minor- league country, a zonal qualifier...
Then the oracle is spoken. That god of all gods, accuweather meteorologist Rich Heller, describes the prevailing weather patterns. As he patiently explains the day in terms of barometric pressure, cool fronts and zonal flows. I feel my blood rising. Finally, I can stand it no longer. "Spring!" I scream as I throw the phone clear across the room in disgust. "Spring!" I scream as my roommate sleepily pokes her head from she bedroom. Still raving, I run from the room. In the distance a neutral voice repeats again and again: "Have a good day, and thank you for calling...
...variety of negotiating ideas that Secretary of State Alexander Haig judged "new and remarkable." Among them: a hint that the Soviets might consider expanding an existing agreement under which NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries have been notifying each other of major troop movements near the European zonal border, to cover military maneuvers within the U.S.S.R. as far east as the Urals...