Word: downpouring
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...downpour forced the football squad indoors yesterday afternoon for the first time this fall, but Coach Harlow did not let the rain interfere with scheduled practice plans. He drove his men through a full two hours of assorted gridiron chores, topped off by a 30 minute scrimmage...
Last week a storm broke upon Shanghai newsmen in a downpour of unexpected violence. First warning came like a clap of thunder in the form of an executive decree, issued by Wang Ching-wei's Japanese-puppet Government at Nanking, ordering the arrest and deportation from China of six U. S. newsmen, one Briton for "endeavoring to undermine the Chinese [i.e., Wang] Government ... by distributing rumors and improper statements endangering the Republic...
...well. Six weeks ago, in the Penn Relay Carnival, he started out creditably with a 55 ft. 5⅜ in. toss that broke the meet record by almost three feet. Last week, in the Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. track meet, held in a downpour at Harvard's Stadium, the Georgetown giant, skidding around in ankle-deep mud, heaved the slippery cannonball 53 ft. 6⅜ in., later 53 ft. 9¼ in. to set a new intercollegiate outdoor mark...
After the races had been run in a downpour, the rest of the events, the jumps, pole vault, discus, and shot put, were moved into the gymnasium, which impeded record-breaking performance...
...admit-in fact I protest-the "rumpled pants"! I've seen him nearly every day for the past three weeks . . . and not once with "rumpled pants." However, I am told he might have had "rumpled pants" one day, for during a downpour he took off his topcoat to put it around a young woman who had none. Perhaps that was the day. And for that act of chivalry you have publicly proclaimed him a wearer of "rumpled pants"! Tough on Ted 'cause it isn't true. He's most particular about his clothes...