To make up for the lack of breezes on the moon, the flag is stiff, like one of those toothpick flags in a Fourth of July highball.
He was talking about the oppressive humidity and lack of a breeze at Camden Yards, where the temperature was 91 degrees at first pitch.
Given the lack of a breeze Saturday and the cloudbursts throughout the week that softened the greens, McIlroy did not expect the leaders to come back to him and he was right; he was tied with five others for eighth place, eight strokes behind Watson, who followed his second-round 62 with a 67 and has a three-stroke lead at 199.
For the second time in four days, the lack of consistent breeze forced the cancellation of a scheduled contest today in the final round of the Louis Vuitton Cup series to determine the challenger in next month's America's Cup match with Team New Zealand.
You forgot the lack of a breeze, the lack of room, the tiredness of your feet after a long day of not sitting down.
It takes up the entire first floor of an elegant, listed 1891 town house, and has lofty 12ft-high ceilings, which give it an airy feel despite the lack of air con (open the French doors for harbour breezes).
At Churchill Downs, Rock Hard Ten, a Preakness starter who was denied entry to the Derby because of his lack of earnings, breezed five furlongs in a minute.
The AAM Cowes Week race organisers finally threw in the towel at 14.00 and abandoned all racing for the lack of a consistent breeze, meaning that one of the week's two most coveted trophies, the Britannia Cup, stays in its cabinet until another year.
Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell endured a frustrating Thursday when the lack of any sort of decent breeze led to their medal race in the 470 class being postponed.
