Word: waterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...area, Bryan pointed out, the average rainfall per month normally does not vary from month to month. However, in the summer, due to the increased heat, there is often less precipitation than in the colder months. Such is the case now, and at the present time the supply of water in the reservoirs...
...Boston's water supply will not go the way of New York's, according to Kirk Bryan, professor of Physiography, who last night denied rumors that a water shortage threatens the local area. Bryan added that although the Boston water supply is about six inches below normal now, it will probably return to normal by spring...
However, Bryan emphasized, there is no cause for alarm over the situation, since with the precipitation during winter and spring the reservoirs should be replenished by next Summer. A drought at this time of year is not unnatural, as every fall there is some lack of water. Due to the new reservoir recently constructed in this area, this present drought is not serious...
...convention discussion topics included the Naval Reserve Officers Corps loyalty oath, as well as conservation and development of water power...
...drilling crew. So he and five of his strapping sons took jobs as roughnecks until they learned how to drill an oil well. Then they bought some secondhand equipment and drilled five shallow wells on their own place, where the sixth and youngest son worked with them as a water boy. Now, with an income of about $5,000 a month, Ellis has bought a new tractor and pickup truck, a complete electric kitchen for his wife, a linoleum rug for the parlor...