Hingis and Davenport were scheduled to meet in the final of the Scottsdale, Arizona, tournament March 4, but it was rained off.

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That evening it rained very hard but Pelkey and Papa were snug in a bistro, with a bottle of wine and some cheese and bread, looking down on Paris.

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But the day of the shoot was rained out, and there wasn't enough money to bring back the crew.

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Shuttles often are rained on while sitting on the launch pad in Florida, but waterproofing protects the tiles.

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Heymans had been horribly exposed at full-back as Argentina rained high kicks down on him in the first night disaster in Paris, but he was back on the wing on Sunday and grabbed the first try after seven minutes.

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