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...they were prevented by man's technology from releasing their heat through tropical storms, the equatorial seas might warm up until their huge store of heat would be released in the form of super hurricanes that could make their present-day counterparts seem as mild as a summer downpour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Benefits Of Hurricanes | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...race resumed after a 75-minute delay, but finally and mercifully, with night and another downpour descending, the action was halted after 133 of the scheduled 200 laps. Gordon Johncock, whose Eagle-Offenhauser was one of only eleven cars still running, was declared the winner and given a check for $236,022. The traditional victory banquet was canceled - one of the few smart moves of the entire event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Life and Death at Indy | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

...former P.O.W.s, along with their wives and friends and one Playboy Playmate, the occasion was one of joy that not even a downpour could diminish. Most of them squished happily through the bog that had once been the White House lawn. One veteran of a Viet Nam prison remarked, "It's not the first time I've sat in the mud to eat, but at least this time I have a chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: P.O.W.S: Nixon Throws a Party | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

...Harvard thinclads sloshed their way to a 105-48 victory over Yale in a heavy downpour yesterday to wrap up an undefeated dual meet season and clinch most of the berths on an international track team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Thinclads Beat Yale, 105-48 | 5/21/1973 | See Source »

Against Navy, Princeton got hooked early and lost the first sets in 5 singles matches before a 30-minute downpour intervened. "We stunk so bad it was like New York City had been on a garbage strike for 400 years," Tiger coach Bill Summers told The Daily Princetonian last weekend...

Author: By Andrew P. Corty, | Title: Racquetmen Look to Hook Tigers Tomorrow | 5/18/1973 | See Source »

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