Word: summer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...high-priced creations, paraded last week, begin to appear, in copies, on millions of U. S. women. A few broad trends were seen, however, by practiced observers. At the end of the week unofficial tabulations revealed that the skirt, so far as length was concerned, was precisely where the summer left it - 13½ to 15½ in. from the ground. But full skirts, ranging from a gentle flare for daytime to romantic yard age for evening, were common, and observers who have watched this trend develop for several seasons conceded that this autumn it would probably be the rage...
...just out, that's all," said Mickey Cochrane, almost as stunned as when he was beaned last summer. "Believe me, it was a distinct surprise," said 46-year-old Delmar Baker as he was upped from his third-base coaching job to become the new manager of the Tigers...
...Every summer many people are killed by lightning on U. S. golf courses (see p. 20). The U. S. Golf Association was acutely reminded of this fact last June when two spectators were killed and Golfer Horton Smith was grazed by lightning in the Kansas City Open.* Last week the U. S. G. A. advised its member clubs to post on their bulletin boards the following thunderstorm...
...hottest week of the summer...
...victims, hay fever is no laughing matter. Every summer, over 6,000,000 people in the U. S. are racked by its sneezes, blinded by its tears. For half the sufferers, the 15th of August, when ragweed fever begins, is their last sneezeless day till frost. Why the disease always strikes on August 15 is no nasal mystery, but merely another indication of Nature's regularity. As August 15 approaches, the shortening of daylight hours allows the ragweed plant precisely enough sunlight to ripen it on that day. And the number of hours of daylight and darkness...