At the same time, the royal family does touch the real world, albeit the part of it inhabited by what remains of the landed upper classes: a life of moors and deer-stalking, of summers under Scottish rain, dogs and horses, the church, the armed forces, the same few boarding schools and the right sort of nightclubs.
Then, seconds later under a steady rain, it became clear that white smoke was pouring out.
Huddled under umbrellas as rain came down, crowds of onlookers watched the chimney and big screens set up in St.
Ferretti, vice president at the Chicago Climate Exchange, extolled emissions trading, noting that the practice had helped bring sulfur dioxide and acid rain under control much less expensively than traditional command-and-control regulation.
He insisted I join him under his brolly as the rain poured down - no mean feat to get under a brolly with Cyril Smith as I too am not slight in build.
Replying to Hampshire's first-innings 480-8 declared, Surrey lost three early wickets when play got under way after lengthy rain delays.
People began to pay attention to this in 1979, when tropical storm Claudette drowned Alvin, in southeast Texas, under 45 inches of rain.
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"I broke him straight away, that always makes a big difference, " added Murray about a match that was played under cover due to rain at Melbourne Park.
We now know that oak seedlings rarely thrive under mature oaks (which rain caterpillars on them), so the oak climax was just a passing phase.
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Instead, the planes withered under the Brazilian sun and rain.
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The attack, which came as the teenagers huddled under a tree in the rain, was intended in retaliation for a July attack against Mr Williams, who declined to prosecute a suspect in that shooting, Mr McCarthy said.
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It was a one-ox, two-story household, and there were a bunch of crusty chickens huddling under a tree to escape the rain.
In the U.S., southern New Jersey, Delaware and eastern Maryland were hit the hardest, with the peak amount of rain measured at just under 13 inches in Bellevue on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Australian Bland fired a 70 in the rain for an 11-under-par total and a three-shot lead over compatriot Daniel Gaunt.
However, the main road was left under under several feet of water after heavy rain resulted in the river breaching a section of the defences.
Eight flood warnings remain in place across Northamptonshire after a weekend of heavy rain, with some roads still under water.
Wie, the only female player in the field, opened with a 1-under 71 and shot a 74 in the rain-delayed second round.
When I emerged from the Sinn Fein office at Connolly House I found a rain-sodden piece of paper under my windscreen wiper.
Prosecutors say that on the day of Ms. Pendleton's murder, Mr. Ward and a friend, who has also been charged with murder, were driving around in a Nissan Sentra owned by Mr. Ward's mother when they passed the park where Ms. Pendleton and her friends were standing under a canopy to get out of the rain.
And the Briton enjoyed playing under the open stadium roof after four days of rain.
It is striking that America got acid-rain regulation passed in an election year under a Republican president.
Nick Dougherty, Alastair Forsyth and Thomas Levet all battled well to finish on 10 under on a day when strong winds and driving rain forced a five-hour delay in play at the County Louth course.
Sunday's final was delayed by almost 45 minutes due to rain, but when play finally got under way it was Djokovic who took charge, losing just 12 points in the first five games and then wrapping up the set when Nadal double-faulted.
Watch a torrent of pent-up regulations rain down on industry after industry already groaning under the weight of compliance costs.
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The Irishman, who will defend his U.S. PGA title later this month, shot a five-birdie, two-bogey 67 in the Ohio rain to lead the tournament on 10-under-par after six-time winner Woods fired a five-under-par 65 to move to seven-under-par -- setting-up a compelling last pairing for Sunday's final round.
Shortly after the scheduled close of play (1630 local time) was reached, with just under 10 overs still to be bowled, a very sudden rain shower curtailed play with India 68 without loss.
Thursday afternoon, rain began to fall on the thousands of people gathered under an overhang at the city's convention center.
But clouds quickly gathered, bringing rain and small hailstones, forcing people to take shelter under the massive colonnades lining the square for much of the Mass.
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The heavy rain left a section of the courtyard at Dudley Castle under water, even though staff said the castle was one of the highest points in the region.
For although coal was under attack by environmentalists then, as now, for generating acid rain and other pollutants, Robertson knew it was going to be a key fuel for a long time to come.
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