Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...into two classes: 1) lean, hungry Senators and Representatives from the South and West, leaders in Democratic and near-Democratic states, and 2) jovial, well-fed city bosses from the North and East. The issue between the two groups was sharply drawn, the South v. the Cities, Dry v. Wet, Protestant v. Catholic, the Field v. Candidate Smith. Almost for the first time in party history, the bosses were united on a candidate and promised to stampede the convention...
After two postponements on account of wet grounds, the Harvard and Yale polo teams are scheduled to meet on the Westchester-Biltmore Country Club field in Rye, N. Y., this afternoon...
...Transportation at any rate is eager to do its immediate utmost. Said deputy chief engineer Colonel John R. Slattery: ". . . Two methods of preventing trouble from this source have been approved. They are the use of gas masks and the carrying of an extra hose line with which to wet down the drilling surface. The men dislike using either, however, because the gas mask is uncomfortable and the hose line means extra work." South Africa has devised the best remedy. A vacuum pumping system suctions the dust away from the drill point, leaving the air safe...
...large crowd of about 4000 people witnessed the match, which was played on a field wet from the morning's rain...
Playing an overtime game on a slippery, wet field in Williamstown on Saturday, the University lacrosse team defeated Williams...