Word: downpours
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That day his Secret Service men acted as his seconds. Twice they hustled him out of the downpour and into dry quarters, laid him flat on his back, stripped the wet clothing away, gave him a shot of whisky, then dressed him again before carrying him back to the campaign wars. Despite the day's trying ordeal, Roosevelt's smile was triumphant. Three million people-and the national press-had seen what seemed to be a vigorous man in action...
...first it looked like Yale couldn't run well in the rain. But when the downpour let up, the Elis were still running as poorly as before. Clearly, the rain was no excuse for Yale's 104-40 drubbing yesterday at the feet of the Crimson...
...NCAA accident last year, but there was no ice to worry the racers this time anyway. The old lady teased everyone with a fabulous 8-inch snowfall of white powder two days before the Carnival, then come race day she decided to wash it all down with a downpour and the racers mucked through a surface that most resembled a colorless Slurpee...
Harvard sophomore Gordon Adler had really been ready for 1974. As a fresh-man, this feisty competitor battled his way onto the Carnival teams, and now he was in the second seed. For Friday's race he drew starting spot 14 out of 70 plus competitors. Amidst the downpour, Adler with his rimless spectacles looked like a scholarly water rat, as the took the lift up the mountain to get ready for his start...
Soon after the second half began, Radcliffe coach Pippi O'Conner and her Wheaton opposite agreed to call the game as the heavier downpour had made playing conditions unbearable...