Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...secondary factor of the Chinese resistance has been the weather. Heavy snowfalls, then freezing weather, mucked down Japanese tanks, motor transports in the loose soil of Shansi Province. Last week the Japanese were still sending brave bands across the river in rubber pontoon boats, frail craft menaced by floating chunks of ice,Chinese sniper bullets, whirling, angry waters...
...strategist discovers that the way to fix that is to fight without clothes until a war chest of replacement buttons can be accumulated. The children discover what an angry futility war is. Director Daroy discovers the French way to end such a story: a chance remark about the weather turns an inter-village love feast into a neat and retroactive grown-up rumpus...
What must be combatted even more energetically than war propaganda itself is the current skepticism toward happiness. A renaissance of faith in democracy, of trust in the ability of the United States to weather the storm, is sorely needed. Even if it appear like whistling in the dark, this renaissance should be supported by young college graduates today. It is the most sensible and altruistic attitude to take...
With Spring scheduled to make its formal appearance Monday neither the gods of weather nor the University seems to be taking much cognizance of the event. Cold is predicted by the weather bureau. Reached last night, local authorities could not set a definite date for the reopening of the Yard Pump, Harvard's official recognition of the new season...
Since the weather is so uncertain and the ground outdoors soft, it appears likely that the gridders will be confined to the cage at least until the upperclassmen report Tuesday...