Word: wind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...natural scourge unknown to the East and West is the high wind that sweeps over the Southwest plains in early spring...
...alternatives for Germany's future: "Hitler may lie down and digest for a bit--he's sailed pretty close to the wind, you know ... or, what I'm most afraid of is that Germany may be like a man on a bicycle if he stops moving he'll have to jump off." Also, he said, the Nazis would face an intolerable situation if they have to "jump off" because of the difficulty in converting their nation from a wartime to a peacetime economy...
...seasons, this is the most baffling and uncertain. For a day, spring comes. And the snows melt. And the world is wet with winter's waning blood. Another morrow, and the wind shrieks again, and the cold rains descend, pelting back the vernal equinox to a more remote calendar page. Hour examinations, like so many scalping Comanches, are taking their bi-yearly toll. Concluding winter athletics are vieing desperately with commencing spring activities. Class elections are pitting friend against friend, while honor, influence, and politics set a dizzy pace. Seniors are searching wearily for a life-long job, and many...
Blast after deafening blast rocked the neighborhood, and with each blow the sky flashed. brighter. Flames spurted up all over the village, spreading fast on an angry north wind into the neighboring factory town of Hirakata...
Indoor work during the winter is very helpful, Perry felt. The light is usually faultless, there is no wind, and the bounce is as good as it is outside...