Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cincinnati, the wind-chill factor was 14° F., and there were 3 in. of new snow. So what? The groundskeepers cleared the field at Riverfront Stadium, and 51,937 fans showed up to watch the world champion Reds open the season by beating the San Diego Padres 5-3. Worries such as an arms agreement with the Soviet Union seemed and were a world away. There were tomatoes to plant (seeds for vegetable gardens were headed for record sales coast to coast), morel mushrooms to find, robins to welcome, the Masters golf tournament to watch. Yes, and income taxes...
...storm so filled with hail that the radar of a trailing jetliner detected what appeared to be a solid form in the black clouds-a great, ominous "hook" in the sky. Since the early 1920s, when mail pilots held up a wet finger to see which way the wind was blowing, U.S. aviation has been trying with increasing success to spot weather hazards and route pilots around them. Today's commercial airlines get a steady stream of up-to-the-minute weather reports, including data gleaned by satellites that scan the earth. Indeed, the combination of advanced meteorological techniques...
...East Wind, Rain, Nash
Princeton managed a first-half try but missed the conversion to make it 4-0. Again the wind was against the Cantabridgians and again they failed to score in the first half. And Albala's second-half penalty kick again brought the Crimson close--but this ain't horseshoes...
...Harvard and Radcliffe sailing teams split tacks over the weekend, with the men following the wind for a victory in New Haven as the women ran into rough seas closer to home...