Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public wet and shivering, cold and snuffling, waiting for a reluctant Spring, came the news that a "new pneumonia serum" had been discovered by one Dr. Lloyd B. Felton, of the Harvard Medical School...
...seventh inning, Umpire Dube called the game on account of wet grounds. The score: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Crimson 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 28 lampoon...
When balloting was recommenced, the interest of the crowd began to grow. The second ballot was much the same as the first which was taken on the preceding evening, except that Governor Smith of New York, supported by the "wet" members of the convention, took the lead from Senator Underwood. On the third ballot, former Ambassador Davis was ahead, but after this the three principal candidates nullified each other's votes and it became evident that a dark horse would be the ultimate winner...
President Eliot concluded his letter with a prophecy that neither of the two major parties will venture to put a wet plank into its platform at the coming Presidential election...
...half ago, was lowered by Exeter's captain, A. H. O'Neil, by one-fifth of a second to 58 4-5 seconds. C. E. Borah of Andover proved himself able to cover 100 and 220 yards as fast as almost any other schoolboy in the country. Despite a wet track and a fine mist blowing in from the east, Borah found little difficulty in running two trial heats and then winning the shorter dash in 10 seconds flat, equalling the record made way back in 1899; and then two more trials heats and winning the 220 yards dash...