Word: winds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wind-vane on the Delaware & Hudson Building in Albany, N. Y., is a miniature of Hendrick Hudson's good ship Half-Moon. Early one morning last week this vane stood very still. It was a fine calm morning, but the Hudson River at Albany was not calm. By the pier of the Albany Yacht Club, the river's grey-green surface had been transformed into dirty, bubbly whipped cream. A fleet of 133 little launches, each with an outboard motor attached, was milling about, racing its engines, darting hither and yon like a swarm of noisy water beetles...
During the past week, a strong wind has made the waters of the Charles River Basin too rough for any conclusive trials but the three crews have been over the course several times...
Four Pieces for Wind Instruments Edward Barlingame Hill...
...wind", says the age-old proverb, "which blows nobody good," and the Vagabond was once again struck with the truth of the words when, in the course of his daily perigrinations he came upon a most diverting bit of comment. Curiously enough, it was dated FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Washington, Stipulation No. 339; and was in brief an agreement to prohibit the printing of fraudulent advertising...
This evening at 8.15 o'clock the Boston Wind Sextet, with Georges Laurent directing, will give a concert in Paine Hall. There will be no charge for admission. Seats will be reserved for officers and students of the University and their families, and for officers and students of Radcliffe College, until 8 o'clock; after that time the public will be admitted...