Word: rains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Humphrey was asked, really making progress toward a balanced budget? That was still the goal, the Secretary answered, despite any setbacks. It was like a farmer waiting for rain, he said; some day the rain would come...
...Watkins Glen, N.Y., twisting for 101.2 miles around a rain-slicked course, Connecticut's Phil Walters in his Cunningham Special cut corners and roared wide open down the straightaways to average 83.3 m.p.h. and win his second International Grand Prix. In second place: Chicago's Jim Kimberley in a Ferrari...
Soaked by the rain, Nehru gave his blessing to thousands of wretched peasants. Then pausing, he began to philosophize. He still seemed mesmerized by thoughts of Chou En-lai and Mao. "If China could build a 1,000-mile canal in 80 days using her vast manpower, there is no reason why it cannot be done here ... I want to try the Chinese method." Meanwhile, Nehru told his dripping audience, Indians should remember that the "river is life." He left them with an obscure parable: "Though a river causes great devastation, it cannot be construed as an enemy...
...those days Pop had a hard time outguessing his own team. The Indians hated to play in the rain, but on fine fall days they could do anything. They made up plays to suit their fancy. Against Army in 1912, Jim Thorpe, the unstoppable Sac and Fox, scored 27 points* all by himself. Once, back in kick formation, he laughingly told the referee: "They think I'm gonna kick, but I ain't." He didn't; he charged 80 yards for a touchdown...
...Warner once explained that Ernie Nevers was a greater player than Thorpe because Nevers never stopped trying-rain or shine. Pop probably meant what he said, but he loved Thorpe because the old Indian shared his own uncomplicated love for football. Until the day he died, in Palo Alto last week, at 83, Pop never forgot Thorpe's excuse for failing to break up an opponent's pass: "It looked so pretty." Pop understood...