The when is right now and the where is easy: most of North America has great snow.

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It drives great in the snow, too, believe it or not.

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However Betony Garner, of the Ski Club of Great Britain, insisted the snow sport industry was taking climate change seriously.

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The snow comes across the Great Salt Lake Desert, hits the Wasatch mountain range and gets pushed up and turned into light, but consistent powdery snow.

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Were she more secure in her power, she might have viewed Snow White, with her great work ethic, sweet temperament, and yes, beauty, as a really useful ally and asset for the monarchy.

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Movies like The Hunger Games, Brave, Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman did great box office business with female leads.

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Even the names are seductive: Gull, Spectacle, Duck, Turtle, Herring, Round, Sough, Snow, Higgins, Dyer, Great, many of which were admired by Henry David Thoreau, who wrote of them in Cape Cod.

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First Great Western said some services were being affected by snow with two trains from London to Bristol cancelled.

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The scene, with its green valleys and snow-capped peaks, made for a great all-day picnic.

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About a foot of snow fell on New York City, which was "in great shape, " Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

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