Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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At Harvard, subfreezing temperatures and waist-deep drifts cut early-morning lecture and section attendance to half of the normal. Students who did brave the 40 mph gusts often had to wait up to half an hour for section men coming on public transportation vehicles.
The only event held as scheduled yesterday evening was the HDC production of "The Caucasian Chalk Circle." Quincy House's Africa forum fell through when the plane carrying speaker Abdoulaye Sengare was grounded in Chicago. The night school did not hold classes.
Christmas came 13 days early for anyone in Cambridge selling cold-weather clothing. With barely a fifth of the staff on the job, the Coop disposed of about 400 pairs of galoshes before running out. Shivering customers also bought up the entire stock of gloves, earmuffs, and caps. At Brine...
Traffic conditions localy mirrored those all over the city. The slight grade of Boylston St. proved too much for two huge semi-trailers and an MTA bus. The three blocked up traffic for nearly an hour. After sliding to a halt in front of one of the area's gas...
By 7 p.m. yesterday evening, the total death toll from the blizzard taken from late last week when the disturbance began, climbed above 65. Weather-induced heart attacks, fires, disasters at sea and automobile accidents accounted for most of the fatalities.