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Summer
summer the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere from December to February. Recorded from Old English (in form sumor), the word is of Germanic origin, and is ultimately related to Sanskrit samā ‘year’.Summer... Read more |
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Summer Stock
Summer Stock. As early as the first half of the 19th century, summer playhouses on the outskirts of growing American cities began to attract playgoers seeking entertainment as they escaped from city heat and crowds. Many began in parks or gardens where citizens came for light refreshment and cooling... Read more |
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Mississippi Burning
MISSISSIPPI BURNING A Summer of Hope In June 1964 the Council of Federated Organizations, a combination of four civil rights groups and the National Conference of Churches, organized what it called the Mississippi Summer Project. The project's purpose was to send northern... Read more |
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Exmouth
Exmouth , town (1991 pop. 28,037), Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Exe River. It is a port and a popular summer resort. In 1347, Exmouth provided 10 ships for the siege of Calais .... Read more |
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Leven
Leven , town (1991 pop. 8,591), Fife, E Scotland, at the mouth of the Leven River on the Firth of Forth. It is a summer resort, famous for its golf links and beaches.... Read more |
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Port Hope
Port Hope town (1991 pop. 11,505), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario, E of Toronto. It has a large plant for refining uranium ore and is a summer resort.... Read more |
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Donna Summer
Donna Summer Singer, songwriter Queen of Disco Summer’s Golden Days Born Again in the 1980s Selected discography Sources Pop vocalist Donna Summer’s first U.S. release was, arguably, her most famous recording. The 17-minute disco anthem “Love to Love You Baby,” replete... Read more |
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Rambouillet
Rambouillet town (1990 pop. 25,293), Yvelines dept., N France. It is a summer resort in the heart of a magnificent forest. Sheep are raised, and radio equipment and plastics are made. The nearby château (14th-18th cent.), set in a beautiful park, is the official summer residence of French... Read more |
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kiosk
kiosk. 1. Oriental summer-palace or pavilion for temporary resort.2. Small open or partly open free-standing structure, the roof (often tent-like) carried on posts or a light colonnade, used as a garden-pavilion, band-stand, or summer-house, often with an orientalizing character, in the Moorish,... Read more |
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Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport , town (1990 pop. 1,100), York co., S Maine, on the Atlantic coast; settled 1629, inc. 1653. The early town, called Arundel, appears in Kenneth Roberts's books; the name was changed in 1821. The town is a summer resort, especially for authors, artists, and actors. It is also the... Read more |
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monsoonal currents
...least 120° between winter and summer;(2) the average frequency...wind directions in winter and summer exceeds 40 per cent; and(3...is oriented east–west (Fig. 1a). The extent of this flow...north–south direction (Fig. 1b). Between November and... |
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Milankovich cycles and climate change
...ellipse but at one of the foci (Fig. 1). During the winter solstice...contrast, the northern hemisphere summer solstice is characterized by...for the northern hemisphere in summer, when the Earth as a whole...perpendicular to the orbital plane (Fig. 1). ... |
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ice-age aridity
...of aeolian sand dunes (see Fig. 1) indicates that during the...driven primarily by a strong summer temperature gradient between the...Weakening of the land–sea summer temperature differential reduces...sequences in Europe and Asia (Fig. 1). Loess is a ... |
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deserts
...world map of desert regions (Fig. 1) identifies three main classes...of moist oceanic air masses in summer, as in the central Asian and...Australia, and southern Africa (Fig. 2a), are characterized by...and parts of central Asia (Fig. 2b). These deserts have ... |
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Antarctic climate
...maximum elevation of over 4000 m (Fig. 1). Over the interior of the plateau...from that at coastal stations (Fig. 2). At the coast, summer mean temperatures are around freezing...although rain can occur during the summer in the Antarctic Peninsula and... |
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rotation and orbit of the Earth
...Sun in the same direction (Fig. 1). By the time the Earth has rotated...sky, which corresponds to the summer in the northern hemisphere and...hemisphere. This is the northern summer solstice, when northern latitudes...the southern hemisphere has summer. This ... |
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glacier mass balance and climate
...mass and energy and zones of storage (Fig. 1). Ice is obviously the most significant...its whole surface, whereas during the summer ablation processes may take over. Ablation...precipitation, and continentality (Fig. 2). Temperature. Although glaciers... |
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tropical cyclones
...names in different parts of the world (Fig. 1): hurricanes in the tropical North...largest number, typically about 25 to 30 (Fig. 1), although the year-to-year variation...seasonality; most of them occur during the late summer months of the respective hemisphere: July... |
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El Niño
...western South American coast. The annual El Niño current heralds summer rains over the coastal desert and Andean Mountains, bringing...pressure difference between Darwin in Australia and Tahiti (Fig. 2). Troughs in the index correspond to El Niño events when... |
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Silurian
...mentioned by Sir Roderick Murchison in 1835, after several summers of fieldwork in Wales and the Welsh Borderland. He did not publish...Angaraland) lying in the middle latitudes north of Baltica (Fig. 1). Plate motions were unceasing and significant, with... |
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summer
...flowers in late summer a long hot summer | [as adj.] summer vacation | fig. the golden summer of her life. ∎ Astron. the period from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. ∎ (summers) poetic/lit. ... |
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spring
...forward: I sprang out of bed | fig. they sprang to her defense. ∎ [intr.] move...season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins...as adj.] spring rain | fig. he was in the spring of his years...as adj.] spring water. ∎ fig. the origin or a ... |
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blaze
...light or color: the gardens in summer are a blaze of color. ∎ [in sing.] fig. a conspicuous display or outburst of...powerfully: the sun blazed down fig. Barbara's eyes were blazing with...mark out a path or route. ∎ fig. set an example by being the... |
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replay
...tape and replay it whenever he wished. ∎ fig. repeat (something, esp. an event...replay | the umpire studied TV replays. ∎ fig. an occurrence that closely follows the...of a previous event: a replay of last summer's civil disturbance. 2. a replayed match... |
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beg
...expectantly in the hope of a reward. PHRASES: beg, borrow, or steal fig. do whatever may be necessary to acquire something greatly...by others: half the apartments in New York go begging in the summer. ∎ (of an opportunity) not be taken: we let so many good... |
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pay
...regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back. ∎ fig. take revenge on someone: a terrorist group had decided to...good results; succeed: all the hard work I had done over the summer paid off. pay someone off dismiss someone with a final payment... |
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print
...we printed the butter with carved wooden butter molds. ∎ fig. fix (something) firmly or indelibly in someone's mind...a decorative colored pattern or design printed on it: light summer prints ∎ such a pattern or design. PHRASES: appear in print... |
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merciless
mer·ci·less / ˈmərsiləs/ • adj. showing no mercy or pity: a merciless attack with a blunt instrument | fig. the merciless summer heat. DERIVATIVES: mer·ci·less·ly adv. mer·ci·less·ness n. |
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watch
...watch for) look out or be on the alert for: in spring and summer, watch for kingfishers watch out for broken glass. ∎ [intr...the officers and crew on duty during one such period. ∎ fig. the period someone spends in a particular role or job... |
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smite
...people or land): he may smite our enemies. ∎ (usu. be smitten) fig. (esp. of disease) attack or affect severely: various people had been smitten with untimely summer flu. ∎ (be smitten) be strongly attracted to someone or something... |
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Fruitful harvest: sumptuous homegrown figs are favorite mid-summer treats.(FOOD)
...markets was a challenge. Other fig lovers invariably bought the...sometimes go through an entire summer with no figs. Hoping to remedy this situation, we planted a few fig trees in our yard. At first...produced only three or four figs a ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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What's the fig deal? Late summer is harvest time
...08-09-2006 What's the fig deal? Late summer is harvest timeBy ROB KASPER...probably only someone with a fig tree growing in her yard would figure out.Ann Stacy has a fig tree in the back yard of her...home, as well as a recipe for figs ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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A SUMMER SPENT TALKING TO FIGS MAY BE WAY TO WIN BLUE RIBBON.(VIRGINIA BEACH...
...a good time to plant figs in this area, but most...This year's rainy summer made for a good fig year for folks who have...drained soil. With so many figs, birds and squirrels...Campbell also noted that figs are mentioned throughout...are ... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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The Summer of Bruv: FIG BROTHER; Secret three enter wearing just leaves.(News)
...housemates entered the Big Brother house last night wearing nothing but fig leaves as bosses tried to spice up the show. But the three - a virgin...finalise details. I didn't know where she was." CAPTION(S): Fig.1; Fig.2; Fig.3 |
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Summer of Bruv: FIG BROTHER; Secret three enter wearing just leaves.(News)
Byline: By NICOLA METHVEN, TV Editor THREE new housemates entered the Big Brother house last night wearing nothing but fig leaves as bosses tried to spice up the show. And one - self-confessed exhibitionist Kinga Karolczak - gave viewers an eyeful... |
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SUMMER OF BRUV: KINGA EXCLUSIVE: CONNED BY FIG BROTHER.(News)
...unless she made her big entrance to the house wearing a skimpy fig leaf outfit, she'd never get on. The wannabe also insisted...proud" of her performance. She revealed: "I was handed the fig-leaf bikini about 15 minutes before I went into the house and... |
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FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING FORGET FIG NEWTONS AND THOSE DRIED-UP HOLIDAY TREATS....
...Roads in 1952, we had a fig tree in our yard. That summer I couldn't wait for...I hadn't had fresh figs since my college days...Before college, the only figs I remembered were those in Fig Newtons, and the dried figs served ... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Fig dressing just right for light summer salads
...years ago there was a recipe for fig dressing in your paper. I have...to make a light, refreshing summer salad. Enjoy. Mixed Greens With Creamy Lime-Fig Dressing From "Greens, Glorious...Marten's Press, 1996 3 dried figs (stems removed) 3 ... |
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Figs are in season ... now what? Fresh ideas for cooking with this...
...OMITTED] I like to toss a pint of figs into an ovenproof dish and roast...Pyles Restaurant in Dallas In summer, this is my go-to dessert...lightly caramelized, add 8 whole figs, toss to coat, then cook until...and Ten Recipes for Each When figs are in ... |
 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Savour the flavours of a Cretan summer; Nell Raven looks at a new book that...
...or impatient while waiting for your next summer break. Because, with a little effort...As explained in a new book called Fish & Figs, written by nutritionist Jacques Fricker...benefits of the Cretan system.'' Fish & Figs by Jacques Fricker and Dominique Laty is... |
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