Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thing no dictator can do is control the weather. Another thing no dictator can do is make cinemaddicts prefer one movie star to another. Hollywood's dictator, the box office, realistically recognizes this fact, always bows to the unpredictable will of the people. Last week a nationwide poll on the comparative popularity of current cinema stars showed Hollywood which way to bow. The one-day poll was conducted by 53 newspapers of the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate (combined circulation approximately 20,000,000) in the U. S. and Canada. Results (male and female separately...
...Lusitania. Two years ago, the Orphir, a privately financed salvage ship, located a large hulk off tne Irish coast by means of an echo-sounder, and this was assumed to be the Lusitania when a diver found two-inch rivets, such as used in constructing the Lusitania. Bad weather and other difficulties drove the searchers off before there was any opportunity to look for treasure. Nohl and Craig hope that their efficient suit with complete freedom of movement will encourage the Orphir's sponsors to try again...
...during a hurricane her towline parted; a fire extinguisher tore loose, sprayed the torpedo room with a white sticky froth; both magnetic and gyroscopic compasses were smashed, most of the crew were laid out. The captain decided to turn back. For six days the L-9 was lost. The weather grew colder and the days darker, until the sun broke through, revealed that the submarine had been heading in the general direction of the North Pole...
...arrive they must, for there are some very tough encounters in the offing. Northeastern comes to town for the second game, and if her undefeated team last year is any indication, there is heavy weather ahead for Stahley's cagers...
WHICH is the better weather fore-caster, a squirrel or the Maintenance Department? Tradition assumes the sqirrel, and according to reports so far the squirrel has not prepared for a cold winter...