Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Following up his theory that stormy weather causes the conception of malformed babies such as hermaphrodites in Montana, hairlips in Maine (TIME, July 23), Dr. William Ferdinand Petersen of the University of Illinois analyzed the seasonal trend on Chicago conceptions and last week, in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, was able to state that almost every Chicago baby conceived in calm July, August and September was born perfect. But babies conceived in stormy March and April showed an abnormal percentage of abnormalities-imperfect spines, cleft palates, club feet...
...that year Carle Cotter Conway, who had married Mr. Norton's daughter, decided that his piano business was in for heavy weather. So without much difficulty he made himself the active head of his family-in-law's can business, in which he had long been a director and big stock holder...
...Though it was near hurricane season he looked forward to as peaceful a passage home, with plenty of leisure to read the MED-to-MUM volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica he had brought with him to while away the time. But about 3 a. m. one night of dirty weather they struck the reef of Timoe. Luckily the schooner wedged herself on the coral; they were able to launch a boat, get everyone safely ashore. Next day when the sea went down they salvaged most of their stores. Hall, tempted by Timoe's isolation to make a long-planned...
...previous attempts have been made upon Crillon, both under Washburn's leadership, but bad weather and bad luck had held the party down to a point only 35 minutes in altitude below the summit of the mountain. This year, laying determined plans to achieve his end, Washburn took no chances and started on the 28th of May. But again bad luck appeared when, on getting to the Pacific coast, Washburn found that the expedition supplies had gotten lost in the shipping strike and that all the Alaskan boats were hopelessly tied up. Three weeks were spent in straightening out this...
...days later however, another attempt in order to get photographs was made, this time with Holcombe also on the Washburn Carter rope. The summit was reached again, but this time in the most perfect weather conditions and many pictures were taken...