Word: winds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lightweight's race, scheduled for 5.30 o'clock, was not rowed until two hours later on account of a strong westerly wind which kicked up the water cast of Harvard bridge...
...lengths ahead, covering the mile and 3-4 in the excellent time of 9 minutes 26 seconds. This was the same time at which the University crew was clocked in its last trial about two weeks ago although the latter did not have the help of a strong following wind...
...String Quartet "The Wind in the Willows" The Durrell Quartet...
...program includes a sonata for pianoforte played by Jesus Maria Sanroma, soloist of the Boston Symphony, and a series of five odes of Horace for mixed chorus by the University Double Quartet and the Wellesley College Choir. The Durrell Quartet will perform the string quartet, "The Wind in the Willows," and the composer at the piano will render his suite for pianoforte...
...work. Consequently the plane loses flying speed. It stalls. Then it drops. The Handley Page wing contains a long narrow auxiliary wing set in its forward edge. When the main wing reaches the stalling angle, the auxiliary flaps up and suddenly presents a new surface to the wind. The wind also rushes through the space between the auxiliary and main wings. The result is that the plane is simultaneously supported at its sharp angle and thrust toward a level keel. The plane does not! drop under conditions where standard ones would...