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Young Science. Between the farmer's wetted finger and the cloud-watching satellite lies the young and booming science of meteorology. A hundred years ago it hardly existed, and for another 50 years few people took it seriously. The "weatherman" was a popular joke, and his vague daily forecasts had little more prestige than the guesswork predictions in farmers' almanacs...
This attitude is slowly changing. The public still makes jokes about the weatherman from force of habit, but it relies on him too. Last year the U.S. public made more than 200 million telephone calls asking about the weather, and this year the score will be higher. Farmers called, hoping for rain. Vacationers, picnickers, soft-drink bottlers and garden-party hostesses called, hoping for clear skies. Every year more weather facts are demanded and supplied: sailing conditions for yachtsmen, rainfall on watersheds. Newspapers and TV feature weather maps. Industries, department stores, oil companies and airlines employ meteorologists. The armed services...
...weatherman holds some good weather over the weekend, the tournament committee, headed by Crimson coach Jack Barnaby, hopes that two rounds of singles will be played each day, the finals and semi-finals coming on Sunday. One round of doubles is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, with the semis and finals finishing Sunday...
Although the sight of two feet of snow on the ground and a promise of more from the weatherman should be enough to discourage even the most violent tennis enthusiast, tennis coach Jack Barnaby is already thinking in terms of what might be "the most successful tennis season in over thirty years...
This time, however, the Drum will be stuffed with fur-lined sleeping bags and members of the Radcliffe Auxiliary. Reason: weatherman predicts more snow tonight...