Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...directly geared to these solar variations. But he is sure that both follow the same cycle. This, says he, "is so strikingly obvious . . . that no one could doubt that it is both real and a major element in weather." To prove his point, he made a forecast at the beginning of 1948. His prediction named the 55 dates on which his solar cycles would begin, and stated that on those days the temperature in Washington would probably be below normal. In between those days, the temperature would rise by an average of y.i°F. Dr. Abbot had this forecast...
...turn of the century and wakes up in 528 A.D. at the point of an Arthurian lance. To save himself from the stake, he has only a pocketful of modern matches, a watch crystal, a hefty magnet and an almanac. This, of course, is where the fun should begin. But it doesn't. Bing riffles through his wonder-working stunts, jousts with Sir Launcelot (Henry Wilcox-son) and rescues King Arthur's beautiful niece (Rhonda Fleming) with his tongue conspicuously in his cheek. To underline his bare-faced parody of a second-rate Bing Crosby, he also sings...
...approved by the President of the student Council, one of the people who is supposed to oversee the choice under the Paul Report which the Council adopted last spring. And the two editors, who are without previous College publication experience, have only a skeleton staff with which to begin a job that could take a well-coordinated group more than a year to finish...
...Yost, Bob Baldwin, and Lou Schaeffer make up today's first string attack for the Crimson, with Al Sawyer, Rip Lynch, and Pete Brooke slated to begin the game at midfield...
Messner was in Memorial Hall on the afternoon of March 25, waiting for a rehearsal of "Corialanus" to begin, when he noticed that an examination was being administered. He saw a friend, sat down next to him, and asked, "What's the name of this course...