Word: pond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Metropoitan Boston has no worries, despite the rain deficiency, since it can fall back on the huge supply which is being stored up in the Quabbin Reservoir in western Massachusetts. But Cambridge does not belong to the Metropolitan system, and its only reservoirs are Fresh Pond and the series of ponds in Lincoln...
...present time the reservoirs in Lincoln are extremely low, and within the last few days have been completely dry in some places. Furthermore, Fresh Pond is at least 10 feet below its naval level. Yet the danger is by no means immediate to the city, for it has 40 or 50 days' supply left in the various reservoirs...
Contrary to everybody's expectations, the doctors failed to put their stamp of approval on little Cleo O'Donnell yesterday afternoon, so the flashy, 155-pond wing-back, who has been spelling Captain Franny Lee this season, probably won't be available for Dick Harlow to use against the Cadets Saturday. The other news from the rain soaked Soldiers Field last night was ptriologist Harlow's announcement that his starting team for the Army game will be the same that won the swimming meet with the tigers last week...
There was a much bigger, tougher boy named Joe. One day at cries of "Fight! Fight!" Bellamy came skating across the pond to find Herb on his back and Joe on top of him. "Herb had a tricky way of rolling an opponent who tried to pin him down; but Joe made no attempt to pin him-he simply began to hammer the living daylights out of him." Herb "must have been absorbing quite a drubbing for the moment he heard my voice he called . . . 'Jump in, Bill!' " But Joe had a long reach, held Bellamy off with...
...whole project was so successful this year that plans are being considered for continuing it again next summer. A public bathing beach could be made, and there is a large amount of brush around and in the pond which needs to be cleared