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First there were reports that early summer rains had killed off the young grouse on the Scotch, English and Welsh moors. Then there were reports that the grouse had survived the wet, were as plentiful as usual. As The Twelfth, the historic August opening of Britain's grouse season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: The Twelfth | 8/24/1931 | See Source »

Wets in the Finnish Diet, parliament of the world's No. 2 Prohibition country, did their best to give a handsome Christmas present to thirsty Finns last week. They introduced a bill to raise the alcoholic content of legal beer from 1.6% to 3% by weight.* The measure was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINLAND: Nearer Beer | 12/29/1930 | See Source »

All calculations have, however, been made with the prospect of having a good dry field for the game. But yesterday the weather man changed the aspect of the tilt by ordering rain, and although he has promised fair weather for today there is no telling just what the field will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: High-Scoring Dartmouth Eleven Favored to Win Over Crimson | 10/25/1930 | See Source »

The day before the first performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play (TIME, May 12) the place was a busy buzz of villagers making money from the 5,000 visitors, of visitors collecting souvenirs. Sunday dawned rainy, giving the natives new trade at the doors of the open-air theatre-hot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In Oberammergau | 5/19/1930 | See Source »

This news will be a great relief to undergraduates who had visions yesterday of a gridiron covered with snow, and a mass of soggy turf tomorrow on which the Crimson would face the Bulldogs in the classic game of the season.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STADIUM TURF PROTECTED FROM SNOW BY TARPAULINS | 11/22/1929 | See Source »

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