Word: inclement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inscrutable Orientals into local station-house bull pens for questioning. All declared they knew nothing, their leaders asking in reply, "What tong war? There is no war!" Disgusted lieutenants turned the droves loose. Flags with Chinese characters, denoting peace, after three days' absence, perhaps because of the inclement weather, were seen flying over all Chinese headquarters buildings. The TONG WAR FLARES disappeared from the headlines. The war, if any, therefore ended...
...people who favor prohibition know William E. ("Pussyfoot") Johnson. Some have seen their hero in times past. Many have seen his pictures, know well his single eye. So when it was advertised that William E. ("Pussyfoot") Johnson would speak in person, not by radio?hundreds tumbled out into the inclement, spring, into a bandbox auditorium. Listening to the one-eyed one, their hearts warmed, their ideals revived, their purses opened...
...tonight. Smith received a slight ankle sprain in a practice tilt Monday night, and has not scrimmaged since. The member did not bother him at first, but in the past few days it has become more painful, and it is doubtful whether he will see action this evening. The inclement weather has caused stiffness, which will prevent his playing...
...made it a point not to belong to leagues, which are binding on schedules, and we want absolute jurisdiction in this connection. Also, games have to be played after the Harvard-Yale game, and come as an anticlimax. They are often played at a distance from Cambridge and in inclement weather. Henceforth we intend to conclude the University schedule with the Princeton and Yale games...
Yesterday, for the third successive afternoon, no strenuous practice was held. The inclement weather drove the squad into the baseball cage, where nothing but drill on signals was held. Practice was over by 3.15 o'clock...