No doubt housing activity was elevated over the winter because of very, very mild weather. One housing start in Syracuse, N.Y., in December is an awful lot. So we shouldn't be surprised by a big fall-off.

These treatments are effective--there's no doubt about that. But the glass is only half full.

If you don't like the weather, wait a minute

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.

They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!