Word: coldness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fierce cold spell that beset Cambridge and the entire Northeast over the past week left some students shivering in their rooms, as Buildings and Grounds (B & G) teams worked overtime to repair burst pipes and restore heating to affected buildings across the University...
...absence of prejudices but not of standards, that made him an inspiration and a model for his students. And he was a kind of surrogate father for many foreign students who found him aware of and sympathetic to their special concerns and anxieties in this vast, busy and often cold University. We loved him-but did not always dare say it to that master of understatement. He embodied the highest values of American liberalism, just as his wife Alla, with her warm good spirits and her wonderful way of telling stories, embodies all that is best in Russian culture...
Frostbite is a "reaction to severe cold when the blood vessels in one part of the body construct and then close off, if the frostbite is not treated," Mahoney, who works in the MGH screening clinic, said...
Mahoney said people should avoid exposure to cold for "extended periods in cramped positions or with constricting clothing because they can help to stop circulation...
People with diabetes or other circulatory or vascular diseases are especially susceptible to frostbite and should take special care to avoid prolonged exposure to the cold, she said...