Word: factly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...squad of about 60 men has been hampered by the fact that the new rink, being built by the Boston Skating Club, will not be finished until the end of December. From then on practice will be held six times weekly in the new rink...
...last fifty years Boston's average winter temperature has dropped only 1 1/2 degrees, which is the equivalent of the weather 30 miles to the south in 1888. The last half-century's coldest winter, in fact, was only five years ago, when the mercury dropped to 21 below zero, At the meteorological station on Blue Hill there is, from New Bedford in 1812, a record which shows that our forefathers did not have any more snow and ice than we do today...
Professor Brooks emphasized the fact that science has not yet discovered any method of predicting the weather a month or two in advance. Certain general statements only can be made; such as, that it will be 10 degrees colder as long as the snow remains...
Every so often a student announces the startling fact that European students have no examinations until the end of their final year, and laments the fact that this admirable idea is not carried out at McGill. This surprising revelation becomes less surprising, and in fact unspeakably tedious, after the umpteenth repetition...
That this delay is not as formidable in scope as England's may be due to the fact that the United States has not as yet intensified its campaign for increased defense. If proper attention is not given to seeing that armament is completed on schedule, a serious disorganization may occur. Such confusion and unpreparedness can do nothing but harm to the country. As long as the United States has rightly or wrongly set upon the course of vigorous rearmament, it should see in England's position a warning of the dangers of falling behind in production for defense...