Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attitude would never have been adopted. It should have been obvious even to Colonel Hadley that only "subversive influences" can preserve the class system which he so esteems. Only by taking some of the wind from the Red sails can the present economic structure be patched up sufficiently to weather this storm and the ones to follow. A refusal to listen to "Socialistic Ideas," and an active suppression of Communist agents and sympathizers may rob capitalism of the lingering delight...
...races are as honest, if not more so, than horse races, and proof of this can be had. Bettors wager on horse and dog races upon such facts as breeding, form, past performances, condition of track, weather, distances, etc. Who ever heard of playing a slot machine or buying a lottery ticket on such knowledge? Then why even lead people to think badly of dog racing, or at least include horse racing, as long as it is so evident the writer is not well informed on the actual present day facts...
...weather of 1933 will make or break the relief plan. A short cold summer with excessive rainfall or a long blistering drought can reduce crops to such a point that President Roosevelt might have an acute food shortage on his hands. On the other hand an ideal combination of sun & rain can produce such bumper crops as to wipe out all trace of acreage cuts and send prices slumping to even lower levels. One year an acre will produce 12 bu. of wheat, the next 24 bu. Such is the gamble Secretary Wallace must take...
...Whether corn has smooth or rough kernels means very little more than the presence or absence of a dimple on a pretty girl." He is the author of Corn and Corn Growing, What Is in a Corn Judge's Mind and A Mathematical Inquiry into the Effect of Weather on Corn Yields...
...chronic experimenter, he has tried cross-breeding flowers, chickens, cattle, with no definite results. He thinks, weather forecasting is on a wrong scientific basis. He bought a 6-ft. telescope, set it up on the lawn of his Des Moines home, spent nights stargazing. When he started to work out his own weather theory he was stumped on calculus...