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Word: snowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beautiful evening in August 1582, Queen Elizabeth entered the ancient town of Coventry, and divesting herself of her clothing, mounted a snow-white stallion and rode through the principal streets of the city. On her way she met Sir Walter Raleigh, who, observing her naked condition, threw his cloak about her, crying, "Honi soit qui mat y pense!', which, being translated, means: 'Thy need is greater than mine!' The Queen graciously responded, 'Dieu et mon droit!', which translated means, 'My God, you are right!' This incident is called the Magna Charta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: It Happened One Night | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

Recent heavy snowfall has produced the best skiing conditions at Williams in three years. Downhill racers compete this morning on the Thunderbolt Trail, covered by over a foot of snow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Weekend Crowded By Williams Carnival, Slalom Championship | 2/14/1953 | See Source »

...Snow ice and a warm sun held the hockey team down to a 3 to 1 win over Exeter. Joe Crehore slapped in two of 42 Yardling shots and Bill Cleary poked in one more for the sextet's ninth straight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Teams Win Five of Six Matches; Quintet Loses, 71 to 74 | 2/12/1953 | See Source »

Foggbound. In Westboro, Mass., David Goodall, after plowing the snow off Edwin Fogg's driveway and asking more for the job than Fogg was willing to pay, was arrested for trespassing when he angrily dumped the snow back on to the driveway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

Laboratory Test. In the Wasatch mountains near Alta, Utah, the U.S. Forest Service's avalanche research station had to be abandoned when an avalanche buried the instrument tower under snow and debris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

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