Word: periodicity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sunshine coefficient called for a special government decree which sent householders scuttling for compasses and calendars. "The figure for duration of useful sunshine," it read, "should be derived from the length of the longest day of the year (without clouds), counting the total period of sunshine into a room, including direct as well as indirect rays. Indirect rays are . . . those striking the face of a room at an angle of less than 15° and . . . include rays which do not penetrate a bay window of one meter in width...
...slippy, sloppy contest, the Philadelphia Eagles snowplowed through the Chicago Cardinals to 17 first downs. In the fourth period, Steve Van Buren sloshed off tackle for the game's only score, and the Eagles won the title...
...first line got five of the goals, with center Fitzgerald poking in two in the first period and one in the closing minutes. The second line hit twice, and each defense combination once--a perfectly balanced tally sheet...
...five minutes in the second period, the varsity showed signs of making it a fight. It came back for two quick scores and carried the play to the opposition steadily--but the third period found BC scoring three times to the Crimson's one to clinch a well-deserved...
Harvard scoring: First period--D. Key (Carman), 0:47. Second period--Garrity (D. Key, Carman), 11:14; Anderson (Greeley), 16:58; penalties: Coulter (interference), A. Key (interference). Third period--Kitteredge (Anderson, Minot...