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Word: raines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...black-white-and-blue flag from the pole before it could be tied down. As fireworks illuminated the swirling sand clouds overhead, a tribal witch doctor swept back his cockerel headdress, tucked his baboonskin shirt between his knees, and flashed a mossy grin. "There will be rain," he predicted. "Everyone will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: Two New Nations | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

...Engineer Clarence Hansen and Agronomist A. Earl Erickson began working on the idea seven years ago when they noticed that certain areas of Michigan produced a high yield of crops from loose, sandy soil. The soil was productive, they realized, because an underlying layer of clay was trap ping rain water instead of allowing it to drain away, thus keeping the surface soil moist. "We decided to mimic these soils," says Erickson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agronomy: Paving the Way For More Food | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

Amherst parlayed a pair of fast breaks and one of New England's most rockribbed defenses to a 2-0 win over the Harvard soccer team in the rain at Soldiers Field Saturday morning. The loss evened Harvard's record at 1-1, with one game at Williams remaining before the Ivy season opens...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Soccer Team Suffers First Loss; Amherst Backs Stop Crimson, 2-0 | 10/3/1966 | See Source »

...Rain washed out last night's scheduled Pirate-Giant game, and Chris Short washed out the Dodgers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short, Phillies Top Bums, 5-3; Bucs Rain Out | 10/1/1966 | See Source »

Cloudy and cool, 70.6% chance of rain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weather | 10/1/1966 | See Source »

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