Word: raines
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...France's midriff is the bleak Massif Central, mountain chain where rise little streams which become rivers that water most of Southwestern France. Last week four days' rain filled the porous mountainsides like a sponge, precipitated a flood which covered a district large as Pennsylvania, killed more than 300 people, did $24,000,000 worth of damage...
...want to improve my mind. . . . Most of the time you will find me bobbing around Europe. . . ." White Cargo (British). Several U. S. picture companies wanted to produce this, but Will Hays, supervisor of cinema morals, made clear that he would not sanction it. With W. Somerset Maugham's Rain it was salient on his black list. At last United Artists made Rain with Gloria Swanson, calling it Sadie Thompson; Hays permitted its release, but when producers pointed to this precedent as an argument for letting them bring out White Cargo, even suggesting that it could be disguised under...
...wouldn't gonna be peetched, Gerryaple Nepolian, it geeves de rain a look...
...Lord Say's He's gwineer Rain Down Fire...
Walter Hagen was there, and George Von Elm, Horton Smith, MacDonald Smith, Johnny Farrell, Al Espinosa. Leo Diegel was the resident professional. When the tournament was postponed for six days because of rain one-eyed Tommy Armour and a few others had to go home. Then the rain stopped and the cups were set into the greens on the brand-new course on which, until the first tournament competitor started over it, no one had ever played a stroke. The qualifying round was notable chiefly for the bad golf played. At the end of the first round Sarazen was fourteenth...