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Haiti's Civil Protection Agency reported two people died and another was injured Thursday when the tempest triggered a landslide in the west of the island nation.
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But summoning this tempest is something of an act of will.
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Minutes later, these new friends cross the threshold into George and Martha’s dissolute tempest.
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Isn’t the whole uproar over Mr. Smith’s snooping on senators’ phone records a “tempest and teapot” given he had to follow rules?
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When he finally turned south, however, he met what may have been the fiercest tempest on Lake Superior in more than 60 years.
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