Word: weather
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Year in, year out across the northern U. S., great areas of high and low pressure, each several hundred miles in diameter, roll like atmospheric groundswells-the lows bringing overcast and rainy weather, the highs fair skies. Compared to this relatively placid atmospheric topography, the antics of West Indies weather are fantastic. In that tropical neighborhood, pits of low pressure suddenly take form, airy abysses miles deep into which winds from the high-pressure areas rush from all sides not at 30, 40, 50 m. p. h. but at 75, TOO, even 200 m. p. h. Such an abyss formed...
Although the college is usually very strict about the necessity of registering on time, Dean Hanford yesterday said that excuses for tardiness because of the weather would still be accepted. The New Haven railroad is running several trains a day now from New York, the trip involving the necessity of going from New London to Westerly by bus, and several highways into New England are open...
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Collecting cows' udders once a week in warm weather and twice a week in cold weather will reward anyone with a free garage during the year. Miss Cole, of Grant Street, is a dog enthusiast, and has decided that a dog's favorite dish is cows' udders. She has accordingly offered garage space to any one who will drive over to the stock yards in Watertown and bring back a car load of cows' udders whenever necessary...
...increase of '65 students over the 1937-38 registration is expected, with 4,444 men enrolled for this term, as compared to last year's figure of 4,379. The figures are necessarily but rough approximations because of the early date and extraordinary weather conditions. They are computed for eleven major schools...