Word: weather
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Oldsters to whom the charade is the "prince of puzzles" will find this collection better than most since the nimble wit of Winthrop Mackworth Praed set the record. Closer to the riddle verse of folklore than to crossword puzzles, "Pa" Rolfe's charades ought to meet the hot-weather demand of many a plain reader for something humorous that does not cost much and may take the rest of the summer to finish...
Albert used to do, to help Belgium's Cabinet weather political squalls. The squall into which His Majesty plunged last week was easily the most ominous to date...
...long stretch, but passed the Soviet polar base 13 min. ahead of schedule, making about 100 m.p.h. On the "down" side they picked up radio communication with Anchorage (Alaska), Seattle and San Francisco, reported their position occasionally but not regularly. They were advised to swing east because of thick weather but kept on toward California. They almost reached Mexico, turned back north. For four hours no one knew where they were. Finally they found a hole in the fog near San Jacinto, landed skilfully in a cow pasture, handed out cards bearing the words "Eat," "Bath," "Sleep." The Soviet consul...
...this particular morning Artist Woolf arrived at a Senator's office promptly at 9 a. m. as agreed. The Senator wearing a white suit came in at 9:30, apologized for being late. They joked about the weather, arranged chairs to get the right light. Artist Woolf squinted through his horn-rimmed glasses, went to work while the Senator first smoked, then chewed a cigar. Looking down on them was a large oil painting of the Senator's wife dressed in blue; scattered around the walls were some WPA art works...
...Dean, young petty officer on the cruiser Baton Rouge, was a Texas-born, square-faced, blue-eyed, accomplished sailor who liked "rough weather and lots of hell." In quieter moments he wrote for adventure magazines, read everything from Kipling to Marcus Aurelius. Coming into Bremerton Navy Yard on April 6, 1917, having known since the Baton Rouge left Mexico that war was not far off, Rex had already got himself straight about his own part in it. Uncle Sam was "Uncle Sucker." From now on you only pretended the Allies were in the right, and killed and got killed automatically...