Word: drenching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Studies support her: teens are less susceptible to media firestorms that galvanize the grownups, like those set off by a famous pregnant person or a seminaked tween star. But when most outlets say the same thing, the effect can be overwhelming. "We call this the drip-drip vs. the drench effect," says Brown...
Camden welcomed the rowers with sunny skies that quickly darkened to drench the later races, which were moved up in the day out of fear of a forecast that promised thunderstorms in the afternoon...
...case you fear traveling light, here's a superfluous tchotchke to lug around. It's an umbrella designed to protect your camera. Once you've set up your tripod, this goes up top, above the camera, so that the storm doesn't drench your $1,000 device. In a downpour, setting up and adjusting the umbrella to protect your camera may prove a tricky task. And how often are you desperate to set up a tripod photo when it's raining hard enough to require an umbrella? It'll only cost $25 to find...
...committee made up of class marshals, house representatives from the Senior Class Committee and a recently appointed Senior Gift Co-Chair. The committee deliberated until about 6:30 a.m. yesterday and then trekked to Habib’s and Botelho’s rooms to announce their appointments and drench them in champagne. “We wanted to inaugurate them in style,” Finne said. “It was quite fun.” Two weeks ago, Finne and officials at the Harvard Development Office picked Matthew P. Downer ’07 and J. Barton...
...walk is made especially awful after a winter rain, as the cars on JFK Street race past with no regard for the lowly pedestrians they drench on the walking sides of the street. Even on an early fall afternoon, it’s brutal—the sun beats down on your neck as you try to make it for the kickoff of the week’s football action (thank you, Harvard Stadium, for your lack of lights and early start times...