Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week, the Australian eleven held the British to a draw. The Australians had already won two and tied one, so (though there was a fifth match to play) the English had no chance of coming out even. London's sensitive press complained about Australia's Turkish-bath weather, "fit only for Nubian slaves...
Last week the weather reports from the Laurentians sounded forbidding to all but skiers. With three feet of snow already on the ground it was "snowing hard." And the special ski trains, first since 1940, rolled steadily north out of Montreal...
...after they have been beguiled into understanding the necessity for them. They first find out about arithmetic by adding and subtracting blocks, later by planning railroad trips in dollars, miles, and hours. They study science by first "exploring" the subject: they weigh snow, melt it, keep daily logs of weather and temperature...
Three thousand people swarmed to Delhi University, jammed together on wooden benches, and sat on the ground in chilling Indian weather to hear the American astronomer predict what a Newsweek correspondent called "a great intellectual awakening" in India. "I have never spoken," said Professor Shapley, "to a more responsive, alert, and eager audience. India is one of the hopes for the world. The sky is the limit for scientific research in India...
...racers have a well-filled schedule for what is left of this season, and are entered in the U. S. Downhill and Sialom Open Meet at Pinkham Notch next weekend. Weather permitting, other members of the team will participate in a cross country and jump meet near Worcester at the same time...