Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...18th Century, when Yankee traders were enterprising and sporting, men wagered guineas along New Bedford and Newburyport waterfronts about fulfillment of time-delivery contracts at Calcutta of clipper-ship cargoes. Last week dark-skinned, poly-tongued Manhattan Coffee Exchange brokers-Greek, Christian, Jew alike-bet furiously on West Indian weather. Could Munson Liner Southern Cross get her 50,000 bags of Rio coffee a-dock at Hoboken before the last trading hour of March? The 50,000 bags were bought and sold. If a hurricane delayed them the bags might be near but not at Hoboken, and sellers of them...
Fretful, impatient, three Germans paced the Baldonnel Airdrome at Dublin, Ireland. Their plane was poised for flight, pointed westward, over the broad expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, toward America. Anxious, disappointed, obviously annoyed at delays, they waited for favorable weather reports, for they meant to be the first to fly successfully from the Old World...
...Fair weather and moderately calm water upstream on the Charles yesterday, ushered in an afternoon of activity for all University oarsmen, three races being completed in as many classes. The feature event was the mile and three quarters contest between crews B, C, and D on the winding course between the Arsenal Bridge and Gerry's Landing. Crew D, stroked by James Lawrence '29, swept to a clear cut victory over the other two boats, winning from crew C with a length of open water margin and from crew B by six lengths...
...Weather conditions permitting, the University flotilla will take to the water in its first two-mile race of the season, this afternoon. The Charles River Basin will be the scene of action for crews. A, B, C and D, stroked by Captain John Watts '28, A. T. Gray '30, M. R. Brownell '30, and James Lawrence '29 respectively...
...series of three open nights will be held at the Harvard College Observatory on Concord Street the later part of this month under the auspices of the Bard Astronomical Club. A short uontechnical talk will be followed, when the weather permits, by telescopic observations. Exhibits showing the work of the Observatory will be explained by members of the Club...