Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Aside from Love's usual late boating changes, there have been no other developments at Red Top. The weather has been good and there have been no serious illnesses. Love also reports that his rowers' "state of mind has been good...
...most of the 1000 assorted alumni who filled the quadrangle, the most important factor was not the speeches, but the oppressing 105-degree heat which caused the speakers to cut their speeches down. In fact, the whole program was considerably shortened by the weather...
Wicked winds whipped in off the Firth of Clyde for that last round on Troon Old Course. Tee shots curved relentlessly out of line. But from chipping distance to the pin, Beharrell was equal to anything the weather or the links demanded. He one-putted most greens. He never showed a blink of emotion. After he had lost four holes in a row, he came back later to sink a two-foot putt and win. Then he relaxed for an instant. He grabbed his cap and waved his putter aloft in his other hand. "Aye!" he shouted with relief...
Measure of Need. At its best, the Tasman Sea is no pleasant cruising ground for yachtsmen. Crossing in autumn, Hayter ran into foul weather, saw only two days of sunshine in eleven weeks. In rough going, when he would normally have ridden out the blow hove to, he slogged ahead. He was running short of rations, had nothing but wet clothes and knew he was pitting his strength against time. He never spotted another ship. When he finally made a landfall on New Zealand's west coast near Karamea, he hoisted distress signals but no one saw them...
...sandstone facing would be replaced with marble, and the whole facade, along with its imposing steps, which serve as the setting for presidential inaugurations would be moved about 40 feet forward bringing it more in line with the House and Senate wings. Besides repairing thi damage of time and weather, the remodeling would provide a broader base for thi Capitol's dome. More practically, the expansion plan would also provide space fo 42 extra office rooms, added restaurant facilities, one large hearing room and a private, i.e., tourist-free corridor connecting the House and Senate...