Word: snow
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...West for ten centuries and 6,000,000 Jews were gassed in Germany only 25 years ago. For more than three centuries, Christianity has ministered to the American Negro's self-hatred; and today, many black Africans and some black Americans still sing Wash Me Whiter than Snow, Lord. Incredible...
Robert Thomas Hannah, 31, was a petty hoodlum and narcotics peddler who helped Illinois authorities trap a big-time dope pusher. Last week, his frozen body, containing six bullets, was found in the snow at the edge of a forest preserve outside Chicago. He thereby achieved a dubious fame: his murder marked the 1,000th gangster killing since the Chicago Crime Commission began keeping count in 1919. Only 13 have ended in convictions...
...Chevy Chase Club last week, groundkeepers with shovels and brooms were clearing off a 6-in. snowfall from the club's seven raised-platform courts in time for the annual mixed-doubles "scramble." At Darien, Conn.'s Wee Burn Country Club, 3½ in. of drifting snow was being pushed off the courts in preparation for the national championships. And at Brookline, Mass., The Country Club was rushing to completion the first two platform-tennis courts in the club's long history. All this activity must be over and done with before winter ends. For platform tennis...
...Cliffe is not only a formidable opponent in water, but also on snow. With the rigorous coaching of David Halsted and Peter Wasserman, the team placed a history-making first among Eastern Colleges. This year the picture is a shade less bright...
Last year, the squad was able to meet its budget exactly, and the year before it had money left over when there was so little snow in New England that skiing was sharply curtailed...