Word: rains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cold rain fell from early morning. Premier Janos Kadar had warned that any attempt to commemorate Hungary's brief interlude of freedom would be "smashed with an iron fist." Armed police, soldiers and goon-squad "workers' militia" patrolled street, school and factory...
...Communists have mobilized all their resources of manpower. In Anhwei, where no rain has fallen for two months, 9,000,000 peasants, led by 3,000 Red cadres, dug emergency canals, lugged water on their backs to sprinkle 5,000,000 parched acres. In Honan, more than a million formed bucket brigades to bring water from the rivers to fields sometimes ten miles away. In Hunan, China's "rice bowl," 600,000 persons labored around the clock. In Shantung, all military units suspended drill and moved to the drought front. Thousands of schoolhouses were shut down, and in Honan...
Reider's winning time of 25:11.5, while not exceptional, was outstanding considering the condition of the rain-soaked course and his lack of practice...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1--A steady penetrating rain has been soaking the City of Brotherly Love for the past day and promises to continue through tomorrow afternoon. With Penn's Franklin Field thoroughly drenched, it is unlikely that the Crimson's Walt Stahura and Dick McLaughlin will see any action in the game this afternoon...
...With rain expected to fall throughout the day, the straight bread-and-butter plays which grind out yardage in small chunks will probably decide the outcome of the game. Penn's flashy sophomore halfbacks, Fred Doelling, John Hanlon, and John Terpak will probably give way to the fullback thrusts of John Wright and Dave Sikarski. Wright opened the season at halfback but was switched to the fullback spot when Terpak, Hanlon, and Doelling showed well in early games...