Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brought disastrous business to summer resorts?all Europe fried last week. Newspapers, eager to blame anything from the cost of living to the morals of the younger generation on the U. S., wrote columns about the "American heat." Only wine and wheat growers rejoiced, hoped that the dry, hot weather would revive the remnant of their water-logged crops...
...beating her again next day in the second of the final official trials, in a high sea and a racing wind. Yankee, racing Whirlwind, made better time than Enterprise that day, and was matched with Enterprise to see how the two would come out in moderate conditions. But bad weather-this time a calm-spoiled the race as it had spoiled five out of seven attempted tests. Enterprise was ahead when this last test was called off. "We feel," said Secretary Cormack of the Cup committee, "that she is the most dependable boat in all kinds of weather." Next...
...homeland. An hour after their departure, Capt. von Gronau radioed to an astounded family, school and Transportation Ministry that he was headed west. Soon the plane reached Ivigtut, Greenland, pushed on to Cartwright Bay, Labrador, was forced down by rain at Queensport Harbor, N. S.; there waited for clear weather to fly to New York. Back at List, envious left-behind students crowded the inns, "Hoched"' their lucky colleagues and their respected chief time and time again in "Sylter waves," a local concoction of rum, claret & pepper...
...Paul Jessup, limber-muscled 6-ft.-7-in. onetime football captain of University of Washington: the world's discus record, with a toss of 169 ft. 8 7/8 in. at the National A. A. U. games at Pittsburgh in bad weather. Los Angeles A. C. scored most points?46. twice as many as the San Francisco Olympic Club which took second place...
...White House last week John Farmer of the Midwest looked for help from the drought. After months of dry, parching weather 270,000 families of him and his like were so "bad off" that the President of the U. S. had taken notice and was trying to do something...