Word: wet
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Harold Holt is a Pacific man. Indeed, his favorite pastime is diving under the Pacific with snorkel and wet suit to spear fish or enjoy the submarine scenery. Often enough, that scenery includes one or another of his sheilas-in-law-the beautiful wives of his three stepsons. The Sydney-born son of a theatrical manager, Holt was a prize essayist and cricketer at Melbourne University, came to the Australian House of Representatives in 1935 and became a faithful supporter of Sir Robert Menzies during World War II. Like most Australians, Holt enlisted at the outbreak...
...Wet manuscripts have been put in deep freezes to stop mold from thriving; paintings on wood are being carefully kept wet so that the paint will not crack when the panels...
While everyone was getting cold and wet watching the dullness at the Stadium Saturday, John Yovicsin's Sensations of '66 quietly shattered two Harvard offense records and set the stage for the obliteration of a few more against Yale, this weekend...
Monro is also worried about the possibility of a wet field, which would hamper Harvard's short-passing attack. The team practiced a longer passing offense in the rain Wednesday...
...Jackson hotels and restaurants, a stinger or a Scotch on the rocks was served with a straw. Dry-martini buffs gagged on concoctions as wet-and sometimes as muddy-as Old Man River. The patron who asked for a screwdriver was more apt to get a tool than a tipple. Thus, with more complaint than celebration, Prohibition receded from the last officially dry state in the Union. Since Mississippi's ban on liquor was dropped on July 1, counties with two-thirds of the state's population have voted wet...