Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...noticeable improvement in the coordination and in the run of the boat has been apparent this week, and the cool weather today enabled Coach Whiteside to practice a few racing starts and sprints without fear of taking off weight, as was the case last week. Cassedy's crews in the past have shown themselves capable of smooth racing starts taken at a good stroke, and although this phase of the race is not so essential in a four-mile brush, neither is it to be ignored as the psychological advantage of holding the lead at the start is great...
...days nearly to the minute after his take-off that word reached the U. S. of Mattern's safety in Norway. About 600 mi. out from Newfoundland he had hit stormy weather and the far more vicious hazard of ice. Throughout a night ''which seemed like a year" he fought thunderstorms, with ice on his wings nearly forcing him into the sea. He lost his course, missed England & Scotland completely, discovered himself over the coast of Norway which he was not prepared to navigate. With fuel running low, he picked out a landing spot in an island...
...days. Close behind it came the Parma, having finished the 15,000 mi. in the amazing time of 83 days, fair time even for a clipper. Said Villiers, "We had a good ship, a good captain-one of the best in the world-a good time and good weather." Last week the fleet admitted that the Parma had probably won the 1933 grain race, although the race is not over until the last ship is in. There is no prize...
...spite of the apparently large quantity sold new and the recent warm weather, merchants have noticed a steady drop in consumption. In the first week after April 6 the four shops that had licenses sold over 800 gallons a day. There is a feeling that when the beers have had more time to age, the price are reduced, and nationally known brands are everywhere available, that trade will pick up. When questioned whether their business would be affected if beer were held in the Houses, most shopkeepers seemed to fear that sales would drop off about 40 per cent...
...operations, rebuked the court for inconsistency in blaming Captain McCord in one breath and excusing him in the next. More significant was a statement by Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, chief of the bureau of aeronautics: "In their present state of design, construction and operation . . . airships should avoid bad weather areas...