Word: downpour
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Greatest tribute of all was Buenos Aires' farewell. The two Presidents drove down to the dock in a downpour of cold summer rain. Not only did 10,000 drenched soldiers present arms along the line of march, but many times as many soaking Argentineans turned out to wave farewell to this simpático Yankee. For once Franklin Roosevelt consented to ride in a limousine on a bad day. The car's roof was plastered with the sopping petals of flowers thrown from balconies. At the waterside President Roosevelt stopped to shake hands with the Argentine chauffeur...
Next day the second presentation brought ladies carrying slickers and umbrellas over their arms although dressed in the latest Paris creations. The Lord Chamberlain anxiously scanned the skies, as did King Edward. At last they took the risk of a second downpour and won. No U. S. ladies were presented except those in the diplomatic circle. Among young British curtsy-droppers whose mothers were U. S. born was Miss Virginia Brand. Her mother is the former Phyllis Langhorne of Virginia, a sister of Lady Astor...
...downpour roil and toil! The worst it can do to me Is carry some garden soil A little nearer...
...strong winds make handicapping more difficult than at Jamaica. But spectators, with one voice, declare that the gentle (third-floor) rain from heaven, which tastes much like beer, makes the Harvard course not only faster and more slippery, but it also tickles the palate more than the ordinary Jamaica downpour...
With his wife, two governesses, three military aides and six children, grizzled General Jorge Martinez, commander-in-chief of the Colombian Army, arrived in Manhattan. He set out to see some friends, was stopped by an elevator strike. He started to go shopping, was drenched in a downpour. He went to the theatre, lost two of his offspring. Sputtering General Martinez ordered nine rooms on a transatlantic liner, sailed for Europe in disgust...