Word: rains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...WIND AND THE RAIN-Thomas Burke-Doran...
...third week, the elements grew angry at the indifference to their efforts displayed by the people of those countries. To give effect to their fury, they blew rain and hail at 75 miles an hour, incited the seas to insurrection, and in general created the worst storm in 30 years...
...George, Duke of York, at present visiting in the name of his father, King George, the British possessions in East Africa. On this occasion, accompanied by one attendant, the Prince was ahunting. The two had not proceeded far when they came across large indentations in the crust of the rain-sodden earth, plainly the footprints of an odd-toed ungulate mammal. Carefully, cautiously, noiselessly the tracks were followed. Several miles they went before the object of their sleuthing was sighted. Crack! spoke the Duke's rifle. With a howl of rage and pain, a rhinoceroes turned and charged...
...festoons on Southern trees, has no roots and subsists entirely on what it gets from the air. Yet its ashes contain large amounts of sodium, iron, silicon, sulphur, chlorine. Whence these elements? Chlorine, sodium, sulphur may be carried high in the air by ocean spray, and come down in rain. The presence of the iron and silicon is a puzzle.-Dr. Edgar T. Wherry, Dr. Ruth Buchanan, U. S. Department of Agriculture...
What made matters worse was that Australia, in her first innings, had scored 450 runs. England had begun to reply splendidly, with 157 for only one man out, but then slumped off to finish her first innings at 298. Dust storms had whirled, torrents of rain fallen, yet Australia had piled up 452 more runs in second innings. What had England done about that...