Word: wet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WET RECORDS...
...HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 24--Playing soccer on wet grass in gym shoes is like trying to eat soup with a fork--it doesn't work too well. But Dunster still managed to eke out a 2-0 victory over Branford, Yale's intra-mural soccer champion...
Dunster's first-half goal surprised everyone, particularly Branford. The ball had been in Dunster's territory for ten solid minutes as only the wet going and spectacular plays by the fullbacks prevented a Branford score...
...Helmstedt, hundreds of work-corps youths are building the new wall. In some areas, the crews manage to seal off as much as six miles of the border a day. The fence weaves through the Hansel-and-Gretel-like Harz Mountain forests. Near Braunlage, I came upon two miserably wet East German guards standing alongside the brook that separates the two zones. From my side of the barbed wire, I offered them a cigarette and then a drink from a pocket flask. "Ja, bitte," they said, and I threw both cigarettes and flask across the brook and barrier...
Goalie John Adams was the victim of the miserable playing conditions on both Wesleyan tallies. On the first period score, the wet ball squirted out of his arms into the goal...