Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Soft-spoken Principal Schwertz, a product of New Orleans schools himself (before going to Loyola University of the South), soon began to change things. He wanted a playground, and went direct to Beauregard parents for the money. Before long, he had enough to cover the muddy schoolyard with all-weather asphalt. Then he set up tennis, badminton and volleyball courts. For the youngest kids, he put in a basketball court with baskets five feet off the ground...
McDavid's questions touch on everything from farms to funerals, crops to courting, health, weather and insects. He has learned that a dragonfly is a great help in filling out an isogloss. Yankees in some parts of New England call it a devil's darning needle, while some Southern Coast people go for mosquito hawk, and the Pennsylvania-Dutch merely turn the Old Country name for it into English: snake waiter...
...most popular new exhibition in London last week was at the stodgy old Royal Society of Arts. Strictly for the hot weather, the society had assembled 162 cartoons and sketches, by 50 artists, chosen to reflect the British sense of humor. Princess Elizabeth, in cool green and white, gave the show a royal launching with a tour of inspection that covered a century and a half of evidence...
...Ralph Nicholson bought the rundown Item for a song. The roof leaked so badly that the city editor kept a bucket on his desk in wet weather. Publisher Nicholson spent $350,000 in a new plant and equipment, boosted salaries, hired as editor Reporter Clayton Fritchey, who had won a Pulitzer citation for the Cleveland Press by sending six grafting police officers to prison. Under Editor Fritchey, the Item became the best-dressed newspaper in New Orleans with its short, snappy stories and eye-catching pictures. Circulation climbed from 67,000 to 97,000. This week 45-year-old Editor...
Next step is to watch the weather and its effect on the young hoppers. The migratory species are semidesert insects that thrive best under dry conditions; a cold rain or a late frost can wipe them out. So can their natural enemies (other insects, birds, etc.)-which the Government's experts keep track...