Word: rains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along the Snake. As the presidential train rolled across the black-loam Iowa fields laced with corn stubble and patched with rain-fed lakes, it became clear that Harry Truman was concentrating much of his fire on the Republicans' 1950 slogan: "Liberty against socialism." Time after time he cited instances in the past when "calamity howlers" had hung a "socialist" label on programs that were now farmer gospel-rural electrification, soil conservation, public power, flood control...
...Game called at end of six, rain...
Last week, as spring melted the high snows of the Cascade and Olympic mountains, warmed Idaho's forests of ponderosa pine and turned Oregon's rain-sprinkled coastal valleys a lush and tender green, the Northwest pulsed with prosperity and hope. Its clean and airy cities reflected neither the gaudiness nor the fevered excitement which westward migration had given Southern California, but the signs of expansion and new enterprise were everywhere...
...attired in an impeccable knee-length camel's hair shirt (available from Mohammeds Men's Shop), while Lampoon pace-setter Fabric M. Gowne will appear in a faultlessly tailored plaid toga (available from Marcellus MacTavish's Faultlessly Tailored Toga Togs). It is reliably reported that in the event of rain, Mr. Gowne will cover his toga with an exotic cape of woven pandanus leaves (available at the Arnold Arboretum...
After looking at comparative scores, the outcome is anybody's guess. Before rain drowned the end of the Williams match Wednesday, the varsity had taken three quick singles matches, was winning two others, and was tied at a set apiece in the sixth. The Ephmen beat Dartmouth 5 to 4 earlier in the season...