Word: rainstorm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...England's obligatory outdoor amphitheater, hosting big-name summer touring acts. Lenny Kravitz and others have played here. Though more expensive, the covered closer seats are a wise bet for those not enamored with mud or a sudden summer rainstorm. However, the cheaper lawn seats can be fun for the adventuresome folk who can think of many creative things to do with mud and/or wet clothing. The lawn not surprisingly attracts the young crowds and the older adults tend to congregate under the roof. Dress is casual...
...coating that ran when exposed to rain). But there's nothing like a war to make advocates feel vindicated. Says Brigadier General Leroy Barnidge Jr., who runs Whiteman: "Even an airman with no stripes on his sleeves will say, 'We showed them.' Our guys landed in a driving rainstorm. We're the key ingredient in the bad weather over there." Pilots are delighted with their mount. Says one: "We don't worry about threats [such as plane-killing missiles], because the plane keeps you safe." In a low-tech touch, however, the Air Force phones all the pilots' wives...
...still alive, and I was still praying for the miracle, believing that it could be God's will." It was partly that hope that prompted the Queen and her children to leave Hussein's hospital and plunge into the emotional crowd of Jordanians keeping vigil outside despite a winter rainstorm. It was, she says, "to offer them some peace, and to ask them to pray...
...dreams died on Interstate 81. Chittum, Rogers and five others were killed when his car smashed into a fuel truck during a violent rainstorm. Police told USA Today that Chittum wasn't technically speeding but was going too fast on the slickened highway. The tragedy was the biggest news in tight-knit Buena Vista in years; the funeral drew 800 mourners...
...Touch. 5) No rules." Here's why: the audience stands in a cavernous room for the entire hourlong show, while a dozen or so performers soar overhead. Suspended on wires, they swoop and twirl, climb the walls, bounce in and out of the crowd. There's wind and a rainstorm (you get wet), strobe-light effects and pounding music. By the end, the aggressive performers have coaxed many in the crowd to boogie along, completing the hall's transformation from theater to disco. This mix of circus and performance art from the Argentine troupe De La Guarda is original...