Word: downpours
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...squiggles which he made precipitated, not an immediate downpour of cash upon the parched populace, but a flood of mimeographed announcements by his spending agencies in Washington, vying with each other to do their heavenly duty...
...spite of a disheartening downpour of rain, three meet records were broken...
...steps for shelter, while the general public remained star-scattered on the grass. Irving G. Fine 1G, conductor, saved the day for Harvard by hurriedly cancelling the last three numbers and inviting all members of the university onto the steps to join in the college songs. Mindful of the downpour which waterlogged the ivories two weeks ago, Glee Club members carried the piano to safety...
...doubtful whether the tennis expedition to Washington and Annapolis was worth the expense. Out of the possible four days for tennis, it rained steadily during two of them, on another Harvard played a Washington team with the temperature hovering at thirty-nine, and against Navy on Saturday a downpour broke loose half way through the match. The team could have had more practice indoors at Cambridge. Even the lacrosse team, which played its games through mud and rain, spent money which could better be used for some under-coached or ill-equipped minor sport. Soccer, fencing and polo are obvious...
Stay-at-homes on Saturday were probably congratulating themselves for missing the worst soaking seen on Soldiers Field for many an undergraduate generation and no one who went through it will deny that they had a point. But those who remained at anchor during the downpour seemed to realize that they were witnessing an unusually spectacular football scone, and judging from the noise they made, were apparently enjoying...