Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York politics, Tammany Boss Carmine De Sapio makes few mistakes. Perhaps that is partly because the politics of his city runs in settled patterns; everybody knows the rules. Last week De Sapio made the mistake of going on a campaigning mission to California, where nothing is settled except the weather, and where the deuces, nines and one-eyed jacks are wild...
...social life, urged him to date some of the local belles, Joe would reply: "Oh, I don't want to go out with those old girls and spend all that money." Finally, however, he began dating Ann Huffines. On their first date, says Joe, they "talked about the weather, and I liked the way she talked. I've always knowed there was other girls prettier somewhat than she is, but I found out beauty is only skin deep. I know she'll work with me on the farm-some girls wouldn't-and she might even...
...drift with the winds. If it increases the normal air glow, it can be followed, perhaps for considerable distances. A cloud of sodium of known origin picked up by astronomers' instruments in the Eastern states will be a fine way to measure wind velocity at levels that no weather balloon can reach...
...cold north-easter trickled down their necks, must have felt that some simpler way of applying for football tickets might be devised. And it is not probable that their feelings would be much altered by the confusion and delay of the ticket office, which is hardly preferable to the weather outside. Granted that foresight would have brought them to the ticket office earlier in the week, human nature dictates that the vast majority will always put the matter off until the last minute...
Running the single wing attack to take full advantage of the weather and Columbia's lack of reserve strength, quarterbacks Leo Daley and Joe Crehore both called a fine game. They frequently sent fullback Tony Gianelly up the middle, then alternated with tailback Matt Botsford or wingback John Simourian on the outsides. Above all, they knew just when to pass. The result was five completions on six tries for 46 yards...