Word: weatherize
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...admittedly only slightly) warmer climes. But there’s another factor, too, which makes capris and ice cream season seem even farther away. And that’s the fact that in any community saturated in the very particular and somewhat contrary demands of the academic calendar, warmer weather means winding down. In other words, it’s time for wrapping things up even as we’re still wrapped in layers of winter accoutrements. Even the most dedicated, head-in-the-clouds Romantic poet would be hard-pressed to discern a Wordsworthian recital of a thousand...
...through the streets any weekend night in late April and May, emerging suddenly from a long hibernation in their overheated cocoon-like dorm rooms to make last-ditch contact with friends who will disperse all over the globe for the summer break. It’s not just the weather bringing us out of the insulation and into the sun; it’s the sense that this is all nearly over, and months devoid of the curious comforts of college-time scheduling lie ahead. This need to make contact before departure is all the more acute on consideration...
...makes for an explosive mix, and the unpredictable weather probably doesn’t help matters. Circumstances are stacked against us and there’s not much to be done to stop the rapid rate of change. When it comes to spring fever, maybe you’ve just got to play it out and let it burn, baby, burn...
Both the Northeast’s wretched weather and the Ivy League’s stringent travel restrictions artificially condense the conference schedule into one month of exhausting play. The early-season swings through the South are in practice just preseason tune-ups, used to find a fourth starter and actually see some live pitching for the first time in six months. In a league where it’s virtually impossible for a team to receive an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament, none of that matters...
...government officials announced that two young boys had tested positive for avian flu. The next day, CP's stock plummeted 12.5%. But share prices have since rebounded. And CP says no birds on the factory farms it operates have got sick. Investors expect CP to weather the damage done to its chicken operations, which account for 10% of the group's revenues...