Word: storming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent meeting of the Athletic Association, to be expected. In expending the large amount of $7000 on the grand stand, the committee reckoned on constructing it in the most permanent manner possible, and, moreover, by providing a temporary roof to protect the seats from the sun and storm, little or no more repairs will be needed for that portion of the structure. It would certainly be advisable to have a surplus fund for repairs, but that fund is not necessary for the success of the scheme...
...favorite in betting circles, odds of 7 to 2 being offered on her before the start. The Cambridge crew were fifty pounds heavier than Oxford, but the latter pulled in better form, rowing forty to the minute from start to finish. The race ended in a snow storm. This makes the record of victories 22 to 17 in favor of Oxford, and one "dead heat...
Professor Wiggins claims that his prophecy was literally fulfilled, and the public was only disappointed because it expected an impossible storm...
Prof. Wiggin still adheres to his opinion that a great storm will visit this locality today; the utmost consternation prevails in many places, and the shipping interests of New York have already been unfavorably affected to the extent...
...heavy snow-storm prevailed in the Northwest yesterday, greatly impeding railway traffic in all directions...