Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned into the stretch at Pimlico's horse park. Calumet's
dark bay colt Tim Tam saw racing room ahead, ran like a thief and stole
the $133,950 Preakness from Sunny Blue Farm's Lincoln Road by a long
length and a half. The weather was fine, the track was fast, and when
Silky Sullivan, the California clown, clumped home eighth, he had no
excuses. The truth was out: the Western hotshot is an Eastern
horselaugh.
...other side, Councilor Charles A. Watson said "The whole problem has been overemphasized. Harvard parking is not an inconvenience to Cambridge citizens. The trouble arises from short narrow streets where parking is a hazard in bad weather, and Harvard has done an effective job on keeping those streets clear...
...plane, flying at 17,000 feet, ran into a thunderstorm and requested permission from a Civil Aeronautics Administration station, to climb to 21,000 feet; the request was turned down because the UAL plane already occupied that altitude. The TWA pilot then asked to fly 1000 feet "above the weather"--a normal request that was granted...
This action meant that the pilot was "on his own,"and was responsible for avoiding any other planes that might be in the area. Investigators assume that the TWA plane, climbing to avoid the bad weather, came up underneath the DC-7 and hit it. Neither pilot, had he seen what was happening, would have been able to adjust course in time to avert the accident...
...weather is bad, the Quartet's concert will begin at 7:15 in Holmes Hall, in which case tickets will be necessary. Free tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Daisy Neuman, Head Resident of Holmes Hall...