Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cataloging of the Southern skies were one answer. But it would have required, for a successful consummation, a definite centralization of the Observatory away from Cambridge. Local conditions, and even those at Harvard, Mass., were far too poor for high-quality optical work. The all too familiar New England weather does not supply skies to match those available to Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories...
...more practical consideration is that radio astronomy is perfectly well adapted to New England weather. Clouds and smoke have only an occasional, negligible effect on radio observations. And the telescope to be dedicated today is so firmly mounted that it can be used in a gale of up to 30 miles per hour...
Five of the seven Major League games scheduled for yesterday were called off because of rain and cold weather...
...team has done since its return from the South. "Our pitching is fine, our fielding adequate, but our hitting is definitely not as good as it should be," Shepard said. "Boys like Matt Botsford and John Getch should be hitting much better," he added, "but I think with warmer weather, things will improve...
...varsity golf match with Holy Cross and Amherst, scheduled for yesterday, was postponed with one slight change. Weather permitting, the Crimson will face Holy Cross on the home course today, and will meet Amherst on a later date, to be arranged...