Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...optimism, the French privately held out little hope. In the battle's first phase, De Castries could launch a dozen counterattacks a day. Now his men were almost worn out. French Commanding General Navarre was still parachuting in 100 men and 170 tons of supplies every 24 hours, weather permitting. But only about 3,000 of Dienbienphu's defenders were in fighting shape. The rest were the wounded, the sick (mainly from dysentery) and the exhausted...
...squally monsoon weather, India's Prime Minister Nehru flew south last week to Ceylon. The occasion: the first conference of South Asian Prime Ministers. Nehru's purpose: to get a South Asian vote of confidence for three of his pet projects. They were: i) an immediate cease-fire in Indo-China; 2) indefinite suspension of H-bomb tests; 3) a vote of censure against "colonialism." Nehru expected some opposition at Colombo from Pakistan's young (45), pro-American Prime Minister Mohammed Ali. But he counted on support from Burma's Thakin Nu, Indonesia...
...crew of the Moona Waa Togue, menhaden is known as pogy, and catching pogy (for oils and fertilizer) is the hard work they do from April to November. The fishing day begins at 4 in the morning, when the mate, who tells the story, bangs on the weather-beaten shacks of a Florida port town and rounds up the men; sometimes it ends before dusk, sometimes later. Where the ship hunts for pogy is strictly the business of Captain Crother. a white man who rarely cracks a smile because the Moona Waa Togue is his last stop on a downhill...
...weather was bad for the varsity race, but worse for the first two events, as the freshman and jayvee eights both took their third straight. The Yardling time was 7:09.9, a full two length finish over second-place Tech, and five seconds better than the winning Jayvee time. Yale was three behind, and Princeton barely finished, another five lengths back...
Coach Bill McCurdy planned the meet perfectly. He fooled the Blue in event after event, and had his team at its peak for the 58th annual meet. Despite miserable weather conditions which flooded the stadium and the track, the Crimson was first in nine individual events as well as the mile relay...