Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...France of the world's certainly largest and expected-to-be-fastest liner provided a suitable occasion for ending wasteful competition, President Lebrun and the other guests rose from their superb lunch and hurried to the launching platform as a few drops of rain fell. Nothing but the weather had been left to chance. It was impossible that Mme Lebrun should fail -as some eminent christeners have failed -to throw the champagne bottle soon enough...
Died. John F. Barrett, 73, longtime Chicago grain trader, member of the Chicago Board of Trade since 1881; in Chicago. He was famed as a weather guesser, basing his guesses on the direction of the prevailing winds on the Catholic prayer & fast days before each solstice & equinox (ember-days). He bet the temperature would not go to zero between Dec. 20, 1930 and March 1, 1931, collected $1,250 from fellow Board members...
Arriving in Pittsburgh for the most important game of the week, Notre Dame's Coach Heartly ("Hunk") Anderson gave a satisfied sniff. Reporters asked him why. Said Coach Anderson: "The weather . . . it's nice, and that's all we ask." Nice weather was all that Notre Dame got. A crowd of 65,000, biggest of the week, watching two undefeated teams each with a chance for the championship of the U. S., saw the most surprising upset of the season so far, Pitt 12, Notre Dame...
...Weather on Earth depends upon radiations from the Sun. Secretary Abbot is certain that if meteorologists know enough facts about the solar radiations they can make long-time predictions about Earth's weather. Years of solar observations have demonstrated definite cycles in the Sun's emanations, have made possible rough predictions of long summers, cold winters, good radio reception...
...adverse weather conditions yesterday, all but one event in the Fall Handicap Track Meet were postponed, and will be run off this afternoon. The only event to take place yesterday was the finals of the javelin throw, which was partially completed on Tuesday...