Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eels in waters blocked from the sea by high falls, and in land-locked ponds and lakes, is readily accounted for by the eel's ability to live a long time out of water, to travel considerable distances overland at night, through wet grass or during damp weather. The ancient Greeks, perplexed by eels' habits, considered them Jupiter's spawn...
...rumors of a formation of a Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire company. And then, as a climax, a movement has been started in England to "nationalize" the operettas of the witty pair--that is the governmental purchase of all existing copyrights; for, like A. B. C. shops and rainy weather, Gilbert and Sullivan have become an English institution...
...summit is a broad, gently-curving dome of white granite, with many large blocks loosened by the weather, and, until one approached the edge and looked down to the base of the tremendous vertical cliffs, all seemed gentle and smiling, for we had a warm, still day. The next day it snowed and visitors were peevish. The view, of course, is immense--peaks on peaks for hundreds of miles, forests and valleys, lakes and streams...
...wisely remarks, Prohibition never seems so puerile and stringent as when one sits outside of a Parisian care thinking of the homeland. Those who are forced to endure it weather the storm amiably enough, probably never realizing their utter contemptibility. Likewise is the case with that popular being--the moron. "A moron in Europe is just a moron; to America he is something more." To be exact he is a movement, a symbol, a danger, a type he is anything but an individual. This tendency of Americans to make shibboleths of casual remarks of foreigners and men without countries...
Following in the train of class football and class squash comes the latest innovation in athletics at the University, namely, class hockey. This sport will not be on as regular a basis as its two prototypes, since the teams will play for the most part in outdoor rinks, and weather conditions will largely determine whether or not their schedules are completed...