This was followed by hail, which depleted the crop, and a very wet end to the summer.
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The heaviest storms may be accompanied by hail and strong gusts of wind.
Last night, hail that was by various accounts peanut-sized, macadamia nut-sized, or quarter-sized pounded the windows of my Brooklyn apartment for several minutes.
Asphalt shingles ( the most common roofing material in the U.S.) can become loose, cracked, be blown off by the wind or be damaged by hail.
He was met by a hail of missiles including rotten fruit, pennies and stones and people tried to storm the platform.
The storm has reached as far as Arkansas, where some areas were hit by a combination of hail, sleet and freezing rain.
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Sergio Aguero, the club's top scorer, was sidelined with a freak injury: A trainer had applied a pain-killing spray to his foot and his skin reacted by exploding in a hail of blisters.
Many members of the Mahdi Army in Najaf hail from farther afield and are resented by local residents.
Instead, they seem to hail from areas of the sky occupied by compact centres of galaxies that contain giant black holes.
San Marino was lashed by rain, sleet, hail and high winds on Wednesday morning, raising concerns about the playing surface in Serravalle.
Among the songs that came to the United States as part of the play was "Hail to the Chief, " written by James Sanderson.
On Monday the teams were met with lashing rain and by Tuesday this had turned to hail (though only on Turns 1-16, according to the official timing system).
Mubarak came to power in 1981, after then-President Anwar Sadat died in a hail of gunfire at a military parade -- killed by Islamic militants from within the army's own ranks after he took the dramatic step of making peace with Israel.
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The British innovation will not perish in a hail of bullets, but it may yet be done in by compromise and bureaucracy.
His organization has already sued the TLC over its plan to create 18, 000 new street-hail taxis outside Manhattan's central business district, a move viewed by the yellow cab industry as a threat.
The irony is that many of these Senators hail from relatively well-to-do states that would be hardest hit by the tax increase on investment income and upper-middle-income earners.
To make matters worse for Democrats, two-thirds of the seats up for grabs in the Senate in 2012 are currently held by their party and three-quarters of the senators who are retiring hail from their party.
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The phrase -- "Hail to the Chief" -- originated in Scotland in 1810 as part of a poem by Sir Walter Scott.
As they sat in the "orientation" lecture, watched by proud parents, they learned the words of Michigan's theme song, "Hail To The Victors!"
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Written by a team of independent experts who are each covering the country or region from which they hail, the UNESCO Science Report 2010 analyses the trends and developments that have shaped scientific research, innovation and higher education over the past five years, including the impact of the current global economic recession.
Farther east and south, more typical spring storms -- meaning possible severe thunderstorms with hail, heavy rain and gusty winds -- were expected to visit the southern Plains and Mississippi River Valley by Wednesday evening.
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