Word: rainstorm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LINDA RONSTADT: CRY LIKE A RAINSTORM, HOWL LIKE THE WIND (Elektra/Asylum). Ronstadt takes lessons learned from her three successful albums of pop standards and puts them to work on the kind of material she did so well in the '70s: confessional ballads and songs of love gone amiss. The cathedral- filling orchestral arrangements threaten the fragile structure of some songs, but Ronstadt's singing (superbly accompanied on four tracks by New Orleans soulster Aaron Neville) keeps everything on course...
Lichten said the spill--caused by a rainstorm in August that flooded Cambridge sewage and water lines--spread from a basement bathroom, leaving a small pool of sewage about 25 feet in diameter in a hallway and two offices...
...department statement said the area experienced its worst rainstorm in the last 50 years just before the crash. It said two inches of rain in six hours caused a dam to overflow, and the resulting torrent washed out supports for the bridge, which collapsed under the train's weight...
...whatever concessions he has made at the level of friendships, Granieri remains true to his cause. During a recent torrential rainstorm, Granieri found himself standing without an umbrella in front of Revolution Books, a store in Harvard Square selling the likes of Mao and Engels. Did he seek shelter in the bookstore? "I preferred to get soaked...
...against this dismaying backdrop that George Bush last week outlined a $1.2 billion federal anticrime package he promised would help put a dent in the rampant crime rate. Speaking in a driving rainstorm in Washington to an audience of uniformed police and the families of slain officers, he ticked off a series of tough-sounding proposals...