Word: snow
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Across Finland last week a stillness covered the cities like a fresh fall of snow, silencing the roar of traffic. In Helsinki neither trams nor buses ran. People walked, or queued up for the occasional taxis that moved through the city's neglected, ice-encrusted streets. Ships lay idle in Helsinki Harbor, while others stayed gripped by offshore ice because no sailors were around to man the icebreakers. Factories and railroads were closed down. There were no newspapers, no mail. A citizen who slipped on the icy sidewalks could not get into a hospital. He could not even...
Although the sight of two feet of snow on the ground and a promise of more from the weatherman should be enough to discourage even the most violent tennis enthusiast, tennis coach Jack Barnaby is already thinking in terms of what might be "the most successful tennis season in over thirty years...
...effects of a powerful threequarter line may be negated, however, if the forwards do not combine well enough to gain regular control of the ball. New York has the advantage of a shakedown game played last Saturday in two inches of snow, but the Crimson needs a few good wins to impress the boys in California...
...Crimson contingent, stopped by drifting snow in the middle of Scollay Square, took refuge inside the Big Drum and sent out squads of banjo players to buy coffee. The combined resources of band members met the price of only a single cup of brew, however, since tariff changes early this week sent coffee prices rocketing...
This time, however, the Drum will be stuffed with fur-lined sleeping bags and members of the Radcliffe Auxiliary. Reason: weatherman predicts more snow tonight...