Word: blizzarding
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...these moves are only pinch-hitting measures. They can be knocked into a cocked hat by the first New England blizzard that slows rail traffic. The nub of the trouble is that New England is still using daily 100,000 bbl. of oil more than it is receiving. Because it thought it would get more oil, only 20% of New England industry has converted to coal and still less conversion has been done by home owners. Two buildings that could have been converted are the State House and City Hall in Boston. Annual savings: 1.5 million gal. of fuel...
Bryan Untiedt, nationally famed schoolboy hero of 1931 (he cared for 14 schoolmates in a blizzard-bound Colorado bus, dined with President Hoover at the White House), joined the Navy in Denver as a carpenter's mate...
...morning after the Big Snow and Washington was digging itself out of a blizzard. The staff was in early, cleared desks, sat down before the hour to wait for the first appearance of the new Old Man. He came in on the dot, slim, stern and businesslike. His staffers caught the gimlet look in his grey eyes, the rudimentary mustache masking a stubborn lip, the swatch of bright ribbons on his chest, the well-tailored uniform, the Corps of Engineers buttons* on the blouse...
...third time in its 42-year history the Philadelphia Orchestra failed to keep an out-of-town date. The causes on previous occasions: a blizzard, a railroad wreck. The cause this time: wartime shortage of sleeping cars to take it to Worcester, Mass...
Lashing the castern seaboard, the freak April blizzard wiped out more than 10 intercollegiate diamond engagements. The Penn-Navy clash at Annapolis was the only major contest to be played, and it resulted in a ninthinning 11 to 8 victory for the Quakers...