Word: raine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scientific rainmakers, so far, have not produced much rain (TIME, Dec. 6). The hallowed, traditional methods are still the most trustworthy...
Then there was a postscript, written in hand: "I have just telephoned your room. You are not out. So Mrs.(name tactfully omitted) will have to walk extra distance in the rain, thanks to your lack of consideration...
...Winter of 1948-49 will not be as cold on the whole as the winter just past. However .. . there will be frequent storms of rain and sleet as well as snow which will create unusually icy conditions...
...couldn't exist without Sagen-dorph and his staff, "may forecast that a particular day will be 'warm.' He never says how warm it will be ... I'm not sure our definitions would be accepted in official weather circles. Abe defines rain as any precipitation which will spatter off a bald man's head. Snow means you can see a cat's tracks across the barn roof. These are meaningful definitions, but the specialists down at the Weather Bureau would probably have to hold their sides to keep from laughing." Funny, though, says Sagen...
Sophomore Ed Smith led in individual honors for the evening by racking up 14 points, but inadequate support from his teammates almost spelled rain for a Crimson outfit that Barclay had called "The most promising I've worked with here...