Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hour Leftist counteroffensive amid deep mud, as the fine weather which has favored Generalissimo Francisco Franco's advance for six weeks gave way to rain, Rightists were stopped in their tracks, then managed to resume their offensive, announced the taking of 2,000 Leftist prisoners, nearly all youths under 20. The Rightists accused their retreating foes of having massacred 100 civilians of Alcala de Chivert before evacuating this town, claimed on entering it to have found the Leftists had burned the mayor alive at a stake...
...main trouble is expected to come from the weather conditions. Washburn said that the advance party reported less than three hours good weather in the last month. The goal of the present trip is Mt. St. Agues, 13,250 feet high dwarfed by a neighboring 17,500 foot peak which Washburn sealed last summer with Robert R. Bates...
Though such devices may be dangerous to animals in wet weather, they are a big boon to the U. S. farmer. Ordinary fences are expensive, require several strands of wire, wear out quickly. If equipped with barbs, as most of them are, they occasionally injure animals severely. Electric fences can be put up at about a third the cost of the old-type fence and the operating expense is negligible-usually not more than 18? a month. The better fences give short intermittent shocks, so that animals will not "freeze" to the wire, as they might if the current were...
Lewin Barringer is considered in soaring circles one of the most careful gliders. Before a flight he pores over charts, plans alternate routes, prepares for every contingency of weather. One of ten in the U. S. to hold a Silver C License (international gliding license), he is also licensed to fly transport planes. The most ardent sailing enthusiasts, sea and sky, take to motor ships when they want to get somewhere...
...case of very cold weather, Coach Fred Mitchell may insert either Tom Healey or Slim Curtiss into the starting mound position. In addition to Healey and Curtiss, Art Johns may see service twirling if a relief pitcher is necessary...