Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Paris and on into history. To publicize the Paris International Exposition this summer, French Air Minister Pierre Cot last year announced an air race for 3,000,000 francs ($135,000) from New York to Paris on the tenth anniversary of Lindbergh's flight no matter what the weather (TIME, Sept...
With the return of fair weather, the last of the postponed tennis matches has been played off and the final standings compiled. The unconquerable Kirkland racquet wielders stand at the top with a remarkable record of seven losses in 49 matches, and the unconcerned Dunster cookie-pushers stand at the bottom with an extraordinary record of two wins in 49 matches. In between these extremes, the other Houses are closely bunched: Kirkland 42 7 Lowell 32 17 Eliot 28 20 Adams 26 22 Dudley 22 24 Leverett 22 24 Winthrop 18 31 Dunster...
...Alaska in winter and spring, everybody talks about the weather and nearly everybody does something about it. Midstream in the ice-locked Tanana River at Nenana, a Government railroad junction, some 60 mi. southwest of Fairbanks, a 25-ft. pole stands upright, frozen fast. "Nenana Ice Pool'' reads a sign that it holds aloft. From the pole a wire runs ashore to the trigger of a time clock. During the early spring, Alaskans pay $1 for a chance to guess the exact day, hour and minute that the ice will move far enough down the Tanana to take...
...back. Endeavour II, blue like her predecessor, is 87 ft., 164 tons-4 ft. longer on the water line and 20 tons heavier than Endeavour I. Last summer she won nine races out of 18 starts, lost her mast twice, proved better in calm than stormy weather...
...Weather permitting, Varsity and Freshman baseball team play postponed games with Tufts and Yale respectively here this afternoon. The Bilodeaumen are favored to defeat the Jumbos at 4, while the Blue Yardlings have a pre-game edge in a 3:15 o'clock contest...