Word: wind-blown
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Ginsburg turned some 100 wind-blown, rain-drenched Harvard fans Green with 35 seconds left in regulation when he almost was unable to cover up a back pass from one of his defenders in the face of on-rushing Dartmouth attackers...
Often compared with the foot-and-mouth disease that kills cattle, canker spreads quickly and easily. It clings to clothing, skin, tools and equipment and is buoyed for short distances by wind-blown rain. Florida's last bout of canker, in 1913, took more than 20 years and $6 million (the equivalent of more than $60 million today) to eradicate. Poorer regions such as Mexico and Asia, however, which cannot afford to burn groves, are frequently plagued by canker. And with an active source of infection in the world, it was only a matter of time before the blight...
Still, as Antoinette has recounted to Co-Author Thomas Renner, growing up as a Mafia princess was scarcely an elevating experience. Her first taste of the savagery that pervaded Giancana's world came when she knocked over his pet objet, a kitschy female figurine clutching her wind-blown skirt. Giancana's response was to beat his young daughter with his belt...
...Eagles jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead off Crimson starter Charlie Marchese Center fielder Larry Hill sliced a wind-blown double to right on the first pitch of the game and scored one out later when first baseman Rick Murphy doubled to left center. Walks to Steve Moriarty and Bob Miller, sandwiched around a ground out, loaded the bases before Steve Simoes, who had three RBIs for B.C., drilled a single up the middle to bring home Murphy and Moriarty...
...feel like talking about the puppies out at wonderland with the man behind the counter, you end up scanning the racks. And there, past. The Boston Review and before Esquire, sits the "Fashion for Men," magazine thick and glossy and magnificently overproduced. On the cover is a wind-blown, rough-and-ready type nuzzling what appears to be an independently wealthy woman, Beneath the logo is the word "Adventure!"; further down, "Summer Stvies on Safari...