Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...where, at a conservative estimate, two-thirds of the students play tennis. H.A.A. figures show that all the courts together saw only 9,301 man-hours of play during the last academic year, while one-fourth as many students played 9,564 man-hours in summer school. Better summer weather and more leisure time do not explain this discrepancy; the relatively small number of courts obviously limits the amount of play by College students...
...weatherman holds some good weather over the weekend, the tournament committee, headed by Crimson coach Jack Barnaby, hopes that two rounds of singles will be played each day, the finals and semi-finals coming on Sunday. One round of doubles is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, with the semis and finals finishing Sunday...
...Bernstein started in the 40 degree weather at M.I.T.'s Briggs Field, but again was unable to find the plate, allowing one hit and four walks to the first six batters. Ken Rossano was then rushed in, with one out and the bases loaded, and proceeded to give up a base-cleaning double to Stu Ohlson, before retiring the side. Bernstein was charged with all five first inning runs...
Adlai Stevenson's efforts to "copy the Kefauver technique" [April 9] look like a clear case of nervous prostitution. A man with dignity can't just shed it like a coat when the weather gets...
...same precision carries over from breeding to feeding. In the old days, a steer grazed on its 20 acres of range, with perhaps some casual supplementary grain feeding. The modern cattleman, however, views his animal as a factory-like converter of carbohydrates into a protein food. Depending on weather and range, he may feed the beef a daily ration of two pounds of soy or cottonseed cake, fortified by molasses for energy, bonemeal for calcium, plus iodized salt and vitamins A and D. Antibiotics are added to increase the rate of gain and disease resistance; Stilbestrol, a female hormone preparation...