Word: blizzarded
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...writer Reinhard Goering,* Sacrifice tells the story of Robert Scott's last, tragic expedition to the South Pole in 1912. Its legendary hero is Lawrence Gates, who suffered frostbite and, realizing that he was jeopardizing the chances of the other members of the expedition, marched off into a blizzard in a suicidal sacrifice. In Zillig's treatment, the penguins enter the story as a kind of Greek chorus, representing hostile nature, and commenting with pitilessly unemotional detachment on the explorers' plight. Zillig's dissonant score proved to be as stark as the setting, with rare lyric...
Before the series, the competitors will have to dig out their 12-foot Inter-Club dinghies, which the recent blizzard allegedly buried under more than a foot of snow. It will be a test of sorts at least for the boats--a class that the yacht club has been considering for possible purchase next spring...
...worst autumn blizzard on record swept up the Eastern seaboard yesterday and clogged Boston with over a foot of snow...
...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...
...Orchestra gave an-other demonstration Sunday afternoon of their phenomenal ability to play almost anything. This time they presented Mozart, Vivaldi, and Milhaud, and handled all three with considerable case. The orchestra's consistently graceful and polished readings afforded a most pleasant antidote to the bleakness of a pre-blizzard Cambridge...