Word: omens
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...covered with snow so that students can limber up by dodging cars in the street. The pile of snow blocking the gate to the parking lot will be left for people to use as a ski jump. Such cooperation between the University and state authorities is indeed a good omen. Perhaps the sycamores along Memorial Drive can be used for logrolling practice in the Charles after they are cut down next year...
Harvard's slowdown at the end of the first half was a bad omen. After the half-time break. Penn pulled away with ease with its fast breaks and outside shooting. Near the end of the third quarter the Quakers led 59 to 48; they began to stall and forced Harvard out of its zone and into a man-to-man defense...
...scientifically, with reference to pigment and wave length. For BLUE the Shorter waxes poetic. "Of the colour of the sky and the deep sea"; and also, "of a flame or flash without red glare; esp. in phr. To burn b, as a candle is said to do as an omen of death, or as indicating the presence of ghosts or of the Devil. (1994)" Also, the color associated with constancy, "hence, true-b," Or pertaining to the political party which has adopted blue as its color, in England, the Conservative. "To vote b." "Affected with fear, discomfort, anxiety...
...fires that were easily brought under control. A year ago, with passenger traffic proving unprofitable, the Dutch owners sold the vessel to the Greek Line. The Greeks reoutfitted the ship from bow to stern and changed her name-which, in the superstitious lore of the sea, is a dread omen of danger...
Less Frivolity. Booming Christmas sales, which usually account for about 20% of all annual retail sales, are being taken by retailers as a good omen for 1964, and a sign that merchants can expect to set more records this spring, when Easter comes earlier than usual (March 29). At the beginning of this year's Christmas rush, merchants noted a fall-off in sales after the President's death, and when the crowds set forth again, they showed more restraint and less frivolity than in many years. But people still had to buy gifts for wives and husbands...