Word: heated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From 3:00 to 7:00 through the heat the multitude gathered into the sylvan theatres near the Washington Monument; the great drought within them was mocked by a downpour of rain. A prayer, a speech or two, and the pounding, pounding rain brought the meeting to a close...
...heavens were about to fall every time a Cabinet member or Senator came to White Court, since all members of the Cabinet and all Senators now at the Capital had been invited to come to Swampscott and spend a week end if they liked, to get away from the heat, to discuss if they cared to, in a general way, the program for next winter; and especially not to report oftener than once in two weeks that Secretary Weeks had resigned or was about to resign-which the President has several times denied-not to indulge in this rumor...
...Tanks were also employed in driving the Riffians from their entrenchments. At the western end of the Wergha Valley, the rebels were driven back into the Spanish zone where, in conjunction with the French, Spanish troops were preparing to deal with them. After these engagements, undertaken in an appalling heat wave, the war became less hectic. A calm that precedes a storm settled on the front...
...minutes oars went back and were pulled forward. Then - bump! Hoover's craft hit that of Beresford. "In the heat of the race," he afterward said, "I judged . . that Beresford was crowding in to my water and I thought: 'If you think you can get away with that, I'm going for you. And I did. I see now I was mistaken...
Trial. Lawyer Bryan, palm leaf fan in hand, collarless, led the prosecution forces into Court shortly before 9 o'clock. A few of the more courageous clung to their coats, but the heat soon overcame their vanity, with the exception of foppish, double-breasted-coated Dudley Field Malone...