Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D. C., chose last week a new secretary (i.e., commander-in-chief), Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot. Technically, he is an astrophysicist. To a few laymen, he is known as the man who has spent his adulthood studying the sun. Why? Because he wishes to forecast weather, weeks or months in advance, by discovering what the gases around the sun have to do with its heat radiation; also to find some feasible means of harnessing the sun's energy in man-made machines...
Today the Freshmen skaters will pack their sticks and skates and adjourn to Southboro, where they will face a St. Mark's team this afternoon, if the weather permits...
...both teams skated over the complete surface of the rink, paying but little attention to the positions they were playing. Andover, especially, showed its want of practice on the runners due to the lack of sufficient cold weather...
...every time I conducted, and I understand it's the same here in Boston. In London you may have a full house one day, but if the sun is shining the next, only a handful of people will make its appearance. People's decisions are prompted entirely by the weather," he concluded...
Despatches from Dartmouth yesterday stated that almost unprecedented weather has prevented outdoor skating for some time, and that play would be impossible. Officials of the New Hampshire college denied any possibility of a game until after mid-year examinations...