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Word: weather (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...discouraging President Conant and any of his admirers from an adventure of this sort, however, should be its effect on Harvard. The minute a college president takes sides in a political discussion, his impartiality on any subject he may subsequently take up, be it political, educational, or merely the weather, is bound to be called in question by political smear-artists whose job it is to throw mud. This mud cannot help spattering the University and sullying its name in the academic field. Glenn Frank, for instance, may be a fine politician, and a great discovery for the Republican Party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD FIRST | 2/4/1938 | See Source »

Till bankruptey and weather overwhelm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Critic Finds 'Sound Supplants Sense' in Work of Hillyer, Boylston Professor | 1/21/1938 | See Source »

...from the looks of weather reports, they will be well satisfied this year. All signs seem to point to excellent skiing conditions throughout the month of February...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiing Conditions Good | 1/21/1938 | See Source »

With eight passengers and a copilot, Nick Mamer was flying east in one of Northwest's brand-new Lockheed 143, twin-motored monoplanes whose 225 m. p. h. cruising speed makes them the fastest commercial planes in the world. Weather was not too good and shortly after noon Pilot Mamer dropped down at Butte, Mont, for a scheduled landing, lingered until the skies cleared. Then he drummed away over the mountains toward Billings, Mont. His last report: "Cruising at 9,000 ft. with everything okay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Flaming Arrow | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

...sheriff's posse set out from Bozeman on skis to bring in the bodies and as investigators from Northwest Air's headquarters and from Washington hustled unhappily toward the wreck, no one had any idea what could have caused it. The weather on the spot was blowy but no tempest. The plane had the best of equipment, even a unique loop antenna made static-proof by enclosure in the ship's transparent plexiglass nose. Lockheed 143's can maintain their height on one engine and it seemed incredible that both could have cut out simultaneously. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Flaming Arrow | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

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