Word: waterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...deceased, an aunt of my husband's, was "laid away" in the satin-lined bronze casket she had requested before her death. At burial, this was enclosed in a steel, water proof vault. As soon as possible after the funeral, an elaborate marble slab was erected over the grave. The difference between the cost of that funeral and the minimum it could have cost would have seen one of my children through four years of college...
...California was nipped. A heavy frost destroyed the coastal squash crop. In the back-country hills of Southern California, temperatures fell low enough to put icicles on avocado and citrus groves. Citrus crops were even harder hit by a continuing drought, now so severe that some communities were rationing water...
...Ohio River was frozen from shore to shore for the first time in twelve years. Storms at sea delayed the Queen Mary's arrival for two days. In Chicago, where Lake Michigan pilings were so heavily coated with ice that they looked like Sherman tanks (see cut), water-system intakes had to be unclogged with dynamite. At Mayville, N.Y., a trial was suspended when the court clerk found that his inkwell had frozen...
...rough weeks ahead, the local water speedsters will face Columbia, Dartmouth, and the usually-powerful Yale team as well as other tough opponents...
Kick Over Every Pot. Lombardo ran a handkerchief-covered finger inside his sweaty collar. With a mocking smile, Party Leader Pietro Nenni handed him a glass of water. "You say that the Marshall Plan ruins our chances of trading with Russia," Lombardo continued. "Do you know what percentage of our imports came from Russia? 1%." A deafening roar swept up from the audience. In a last effort, Lombardo shouted: "To sabotage the Marshall Plan is to kick over every pot in every Italian kitchen...