Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hypothesis that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the Lampoon, editors are prepared to meet any emergency; distrustful alike of weather reports and all the laws of averages, they consider that the day of the Yale game, above all, is no time to take chances...
...Harvard team caused a genuine sensation in 1892 by trotting out to do battle arrayed in brand-new, shiny leather suits. In a preceding game, the University players had each soaked up thirty pounds' weight of mud and water, and they were taking no chances on the weather. It was the day of mass formations and the famous "Harvard flying wedge". Legs were broken and skulls fractured, and as the casualty list mounted, a cry went up all over the country against the brutality of football. When the last whistle had blow in the 1904 game, the sidelines were packed...
...weather man announced late last night that the usual condition of dampness would hinder the players today. Cambridge was pretty well soaked this morning and was still under a heavy...
...chloroformed by Dr. Blazer, was described by the defendant's son-in-law as follows: "A scrap of breathing flesh, unable to feed, clothe herself, or otherwise care for her own personal needs. The only exercise she ever got was when she was placed on the floor when the weather was warm and allowed to roll around. She couldn't talk?the only time I ever heard her utter a vocal sound was once when she fell on a hot furnace grating. Then she uttered a sort of animal sound. She was absolutely helpless...
...Nations, he was able to impose peace and a measure of "security" upon the squabbling Greeks and Bulgars (see GREECE). Now he stands forth as the "popular" bulwark to which M. Painleve looks for a large measure of the "psychic support" which he must have if he is to weather the heavy going ahead. It is one of the ironies of French politics that M. Painleve, a then tyro deputy, once delivered an address (one hour long) in the Chamber against M. Briand, entitled The Triumph of Immorality...