Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hurdles and totalling 131 out of a possible 225 points, Harvard coasted to victory in the G.B.I. meet last Saturday, while the Freshmen won their part of the meet with a commanding score of 111 points. Eight new records were made and two old ones were tied with ideal weather conditions and a fast track aiding the track and field contestants...
...women's clubs throughout the land join in to help rid children of superstition. Anti-superstition courses have already been tried in 29 high schools in 15 States, and as much as 494% improvement has been found after explosion of such unfounded beliefs as that the groundhog foretells weather, that winters are growing warmer, that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, that brunettes are more trustworthy than blondes...
...Akron's aerologist (who went down with his ship) had predicted thunderstorms "but had no doubt of the ship's ability to avoid bad weather...
...season, the Varsity nine will journey to Princeton today, where it will face the Tiger team tomorrow afternoon. The Varsity, in its opening contest of the year, defeated Pennsylvania, 3-1, at Philadelphia, with E. F. Loughlin '34, holding his opponents to four hits. Due to adverse weather conditions, the team has been unable to play several other scheduled games. Princeton, however, has the advantage of five early season games, having defeated Panzer and C.C.N.Y., and losing to Philadelphia National League Club, 10-1; Rutgers, 7-6; and vermont...
Through the Argentine to the Andes (he crossed them three times), to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador. Colombia. Panama, Central America, Mexico, Tschiffely & beasts plowed through jungles, swamps, deserts, mountain passes, across swinging bridges, in fair & foul weather. Once Tschiffely, on a dark night, tried to drive his comrades over a precipice; their horse sense saved him. Once Gato refused to budge; Tschiffely found he was facing a quicksand. Tschiffely refuses to manufacture adventures, but admits that once he had to shoot in self-defense. He often had passport trouble and was occasionally taken for a spy, but by the time...