Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last day of the University Handicap Meet cold weather forced Coach Eddie Farrell's track men to seek the shelter of the Briggs Cage and the old baseball cage for all events except the 50-yard dash which was run on the Stadium track. Three Sophomores took first places in the seven events that were held yesterday afternoon...
...were not to know the truth until next day's morning newspapers. But even then they could not know the whole truth. Nobody could. There was not enough left of the crushed gondola or the three broken bodies to supply the story of the tragedy. Guesses: 1) Winter weather had contracted the balloon's gas to such a point that it fell like a dead weight. 2) Ice weighted it down. 3) Some instrument outside the gondola chafed at the shroud lines until they broke, thus allowing the gondola to fall free from the bag. One discovery...
...French domestic crisis has had a most unfortunate effect so far as the Austro-German situation is concerned. It now seems to be generally accepted that the Dollfuss regime will be unable to weather the Nazi storm, unless it is supported by England, France, and Italy. In any such coalition the most aggressive member would undoubtedly be France, and upon her would devolve the unpleasant duty of putting the screws on Germany. But with French politics in their present state of turmoll, that country is able to devote but little attention to foreign affairs. Consequently, it becomes increasingly likely that...
...Sportsmanship Brotherhood of New York City is trying to arrange a definite schedule for the Cambridge squad in America in April, but the college teams from here feel that they must follow through their schedule already planned, because the Californian crowds and weather are much more sure than those of New York. Some scheme may be worked out whereby the Cambridge team will go to the coast or the Stanford team will come to New York...
...much does the Weather Bureau spend every year for telegraph tolls...