Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While the rally and flares were pre-arranged, the team showed an encouraging spontaneous spark in its last appearance on home grounds. Grim determination seemed to characterize both the squad and the coach as they went through their rugged, routine Thursday drills in near-freezing weather...
...study of atmospheric physics has been largely supplanted by the investigation of weather-forecasting, Goody declared yesterday. A consequent desire on the part of many scientists to revive the currently-neglected field, he said, is primarily responsible for his success in obtaining financial support...
...jovial Mayor J. W. (for James Willis) Godfrey, gas-station operator hand-picked and backed in five re-elections by the local political boss, spectacled Ralph Dawson, who doubles as city attorney. Mayor Godfrey drawls that the light, "being a machine, might vary four to five seconds in wet weather," admits that rain comes often enough for the light to produce a quarter or more of the town's $12,000 to $15,000 annual budget. But local members of the Good Government League, organized by polio-crippled Mail Carrier Harry Chapman to fight the "Dawson crowd...
...month left before the lakes freeze over, may not be able to supply enough iron ore to keep the mills operating until spring. Even if the steel firms decide to use more-costly rail transportation, not enough cars are available to move all the ore they need-and cold weather freezes ore in the cars, makes it more difficult to load and unload...
...varsity soccer team suffered a crushing blow to its Ivy League hopes and then got a partial reprieve this weekend. An inspired Princeton eleven whipped the Crimson 1 to 0, in cold, rainy weather here Saturday, but Penn tied Yale to keep the varsity's chances alive...