Word: wet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...beginning of the winter to a mild, warm, southern climate and remain through the season. If, however, you elect to remain in your Virginia home on the Potomac, it is important that you take every precaution against catching cold. Be especially careful to avoid undue exposure in cold, wet weather...
Epilog. Thursday, Dec. 12, 1799, the weather being very bad, rain, hail and snow falling alternately, Washington rode out to his farm as usual, returned with coat and hair wet by snow, and sat down to dinner without changing his clothes. Next day he showed signs of a cold. His throat was hoarse. Washington, answering remonstrances: "I never take anything for a cold. Let it go as it came...
...storm had made the Bowl a lake, drained just in time for the game by three fire engines pumping all night. Even with a soggy field and wet ball as equalizing factors, Stanford started a 2½-to-1 favorite. Pacific Coast fans had been loud in their contempt of Columbia, derisive of Stanford for ever inviting Columbia to play. Easterners who conceded Columbia a chance were regarded as provincials whose enthusiasm had blinded their judgment. One who was not bothered by such talk was Louis Little, the big-framed, booming-voiced coach who in four years at Columbia...
...Houses, however, in accordance with President Conant's recent ruling, will continue in their present status. Even before 1887 when Cambridge was wet, as far as any records show, students were never allowed to consume intoxicants in the dining halls. The subject has always been a matter of unwritten law in the University; but it is understood that, under the present emergency, a definite regulation will be written as soon as a permanent decision is made...
...liquor's first week, Manhattan stores sold $100,000 of glassware. Glassmakers had stemware orders for months ahead. Following not four but 14 years of depression hotels throughout the 18 wet states reported 20% to 300% jumps in restaurant receipts, room sell-outs and a land-office bar trade...