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Word: rains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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From any angle, the only hope for the Crimson lies in rain (which has been predicted) to equalize the difference plus a couple of early scoring breaks. As to the chances of the Crimson in a rainstorm; well, it rained last year, too.Captain of what may be one of Holy Cross's outstanding football teams, right halfback MEL MASSUCCO was the squad's leading ground-gainer last season...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Crimson Plays Purple in Lowenstein's Finale | 9/29/1951 | See Source »

Philadelphin at New York (rain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 9/26/1951 | See Source »

...feel so kindly towards Howell's intervention in the course of nature. Several amusement park owners in the East, notably Palisades Park in New Jersey, filed law suits against Howell on the grounds that he "was interfering with business." They based their claims on the phenomenon of 32 consecutive rain-filled week-ends in and around New York and New England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New York Officials Quietly Drop Howell as Rainmaker | 9/26/1951 | See Source »

Howell warns that there are other dangers in making rain. There have been floods in the Winnipeg and Mississippi valleys due to unnatural rain, made by inexperienced men who overseeded clouds or seeded them too soon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New York Officials Quietly Drop Howell as Rainmaker | 9/26/1951 | See Source »

...Making rain is one thing," commented Howell. "Stopping it is not as easy. But it's not impossible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New York Officials Quietly Drop Howell as Rainmaker | 9/26/1951 | See Source »

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