Word: rains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Brown's dockyards on the Clyde for another launching. On the ways rested what will eventually be the biggest ship ever built in Britain, a 34,000-ton half-finished hull known until last week only as No. 534. (TIME, Oct. 1). Standing in puddles in the pouring rain, a vast crowd saw Queen Mary press a button that started the hull down the ways. At the same moment Her Majesty smashed a bottle of Australian Burgundy against No. 534 and cried: "I am happy to name this ship the Queen Mary, and wish good luck...
Through an atmosphere murky with the fog and rain of the Liverpool waterfront, passengers file gloomily aboard a freighter bound for more sunny shores. One of them is a young medical genius blighted by ill fortune, and he staggers aboard destined for an alcoholic oblivion, the precious serum with him. Another is the blonde and brightly smiling Lady Mary, who glimpses the doctor and has sympathy. Melodramatic, if you like, but "Grand Canary" makes a far better picture than most of Hollywood's infinite variations of the Arrowsmith theme...
Undaunted by the rain, Jaako Mikkola's harriers took a five-mile run over the cross-country course. Two more workouts will be given them, and they will then rest on Wednesday in preparation for the Holy Cross meet to be held on the following day. There will be no time-trials until after this first meet...
Saturday's rain forced Eddie Farrell to postpone his tryouts for the Italian Meet. Weather permitting, they will be run off at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Harvard Stadium. The meet will take place this Friday in the Stadium...
...last week a dark, ebullient man got off a train in Washington. Bubbling with energy and high spirits, he snapped his fingers at the rain coming down in sheets. Above his tan button shoes he wore a raincoat lined with rabbit fur. But His Excellency Oswaldo Aranha, new Brazilian Ambassador to the U. S., looked about at the sodden streets and buildings and exclaimed, "Maravilhoso...