Word: rains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...door marked "10." Choking the narrow street but held back to a respectful distance by alert bobbies were crowds of Londoners whose suspenseful interest in the drama was drawn taut by the lack of printed news caused by a newspaper strike (see PRESS). At 8:30 a spatter of rain caught the crowd's attention, for a moment, and just then, a bobby stepped up to the closed door. He knocked lightly to herald the approach of royalty, just turning the corner in a huge red-and-black Rolls. Instantly the historic door was flung open...
...watercolors are on the whole less inspired, with the exception of Katherine Compton's bold, stylized head "Medusa" and Margaret Philbrick's "Willard Brook." Charles Demetropoulos demonstrates his usual skill in the treatment of reflections; a very wet wash catches the slick rain-swept pavement outside the "Museum of Fine Arts." Unfortunately he is not so meticulous in the overall composition...
Typical April weather is predicted for today's sports. Skies will be sunny and temperatures around 50 degrees on Soldiers Field. Strong northerly winds about 20 mph are forecast for the Charles River. And heavy clouds will cover Mt. Washington. No snow or rain is expected. Varsity Baseball vs., Brandeis 3 p.m. Soldiers Field Lacrosse vs. Tufts 2 p.m. Medford Rugby vs. New York 2:30 p.m. N.Y.C. Sailing vs. M.I.T. 1 p.m. Charles River Skiing vs Dartmouth noon Mt. Wash. Tennis vs. M.I.T. 1:30 p.m. M.I.T. Freshmen Lacrosse vs. Deerfield 2 p.m. B-School Field Track vs. Andover...
...Geiger counter test on evaporated rain water in the Yard this past winter "sounded like a bobcat backing into a thorn bush," continued Thomas. "Most of the radiation that comes in rain or snow never gets beyond the roof, though any radioactive material that does get in decays very rapidly. There is no significant accumulation of irradiation of any amount in the water," he concluded...
...reported "Most of the farmers lost money last year. Another year of drought will be disastrous." But this time no swarming migration from the dust bowl has developed; most farmers are gritting the dust between their teeth, grimly plowing their land deep with soil-saving techniques and praying for rain...