Word: weather-beaten
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Even as they totaled their losses, many of the weather-beaten farmers in the dry country could take a philosophical, hopeful view. With fresh moisture in the soil of the Southwest, said weathermen, local evaporation may keep alive the kind of storm clouds that have been drying out as they moved across the parched land. Said H. L. Jacobson, chief meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau at Kansas City: "That makes for a more favorable rain situation. In that respect spring is starting off beautifully." At week's end rains washed down into the area...
...force of fishermen to 2,000, its share of the vital groundfish market (e.g., flounder, haddock, cod), which was once 90%, to 45%. Yet last week the Boston fish pier was sprucing up as if it had not a worry in the world. Fresh coats of paint covered the weather-beaten buildings, ramshackle structures were being razed, new signs warned filthy-booted fishermen: PLEASE KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR. Among the pier's old salts the word was: "The boys have taken over...
Warm & Cool Tractor. New comfort for the hitherto weather-beaten and windburned farmer is promised with the coming of a tractor that is air-conditioned in summer, heated in winter. The experimental tractor, its cab encased in glass and steel, was displayed by its inventor. J. F. Schaffhausen, of Cockshutt Farm Equipment. Inc., in Doylestown, Pa. Sparing the farmer from the seasons, says Schaffhausen, will reduce fatigue and boost his life expectancy, save him an annual bad weather loss of $1,000 and 30 working days. If brisk demand develops, Cockshutt will mass-produce the tractor, sell it for about...
...note that he "was motivated by the sole desire to resolve with honor and efficiency the multiple and urgent problems facing his community." From all over Spain, letters of congratulation poured in, but for Don Agustin, onetime mayor of Santisteban, the kindest words of all were spoken by a weather-beaten olive picker in his town. "Don Agustin," said the old man, "at last justice has been done. The people are very happy...
...There are few youngsters among Dixielanders any more. Star of the Metropole is a portly, weather-beaten trumpeter named Henry ("Red") Allen, 47, a man of long experience in the New Orleans school and an uninhibited buffoon. To get things warmed up, he raps out either Shake a Hand (everybody shakes a hand) or an insistent Kiss Your Baby (if there is no one to kiss unescorted women, a waiter may do the honors). Other numbers include such oldtime favorites as I Thought I Heard Benny Bolden Say, Trees, Memphis Blues, Basin Street...