Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dirty weather began as soon as the ship left Cherbourg. The second day out the great hull plowed into mountainous grey-streaked combers and a 60-m. p. h. head wind. Speed was cut to 7 knots, just enough to maintain steerage but so vast is the Majestic that first-class passengers remained in comparative comfort. At lunch time she creaked violently twice, a shudder ran down the ship. Few passengers noticed...
Berlin's streets are paved with smooth asphalt which becomes eel-slick in wet weather. The problem of slippery asphalt is more acute in Berlin than in most cities for though the city is as far north as Hudson Bay, little snow falls there. Rainy weather is normal weather from November through March...
...picture deserves inspection for the fun of watching adroit impersonations by the male members of the cast. Leslie Howard is Tom Collier. In response to a comment on the cold weather, he says, "I think we'd better bring the brass monkeys indoors tonight," so smoothly that the Hays organization allowed the line to stay. William Gargan is Collier's ex-pugilist butler. Funniest scene is when Gargan, drunk, tries to get up courage to resign while Collier tries to get up courage to discharge him. Mr. Rothafel selected The Animal Kingdom as the first attraction...
While the Jayvees are batting Belmont Hill School at 2.30 o'clock today in the Boston Garden, the Varsity will travel to meet Brae Burn in preparation for the tilt with Toronto in New York on Saturday. The Varsity game with Brae, Burn may be postponed if the weather is inclement. The Belmont Hill outfit which will face the Junior Varsity, was defeated in its opening game by the Harvard freshmen, 7-1, on Wednesday, Dec.21...
...Geiger was neighborly again last week. With bitter cold weather sweeping the nation, he took occasion to say a word about fortifying drinks. He wrote to the San Francisco Examiner recommending that fine old U.S. fortifier, Tom & Jerry. The Examiner front-paged Dr. Geiger's recipe: "Whole egg and sugar, thoroughly beaten, about one tablespoon of sugar being used for each egg, a certain liquid added to the proper consistency and taste and then hot milk added to the mixture with nutmeg.*. . . The particular food product that should be stressed is hot milk in cold weather. ... It helps build...