Word: winter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...effect of this bracketing of shots was to make Congress responsible not only for national defense and for Relief in its name, but for the welfare of reliefers after mid-February, when present appropriations will be gone, with about five winter weeks still to come...
Many a boat buyer,* if his boat is delivered in time, will cruise to Florida this winter over the Government-promoted inland waterway from New York City to Miami (1,460 nautical miles). Each year some 2,500 boats from New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and surrounding States motor down through the network of rivers, streams and canals (there is still 50 miles of open sea). Like touring autoists, waterway tourists use road maps (Government charts), obey traffic signals (buoys). They treat sailing vessels as autoists treat pedestrians, park at anchorages instead of garages. Diehard water-gypsies...
Safe as a county fair was aviation's winter meet, the All-American Air Maneuvers, at Miami last week. A half-dozen speed events went off like buggy-races. The ships that flew in them were not freakish rocket ships, but ordinary sport and businessmen's airplanes. At the finish at week's end, no open speed records had been broken, but no flier had been killed or maimed, no ship demolished. It was aviation's first big safe and sane get-together...
...students, ranging in age from 16 down, for weekly instruction in some particular field, which may be either academic or athletic. The young teachers work along with and guide their proteges in arranging exhibits for the fast-approaching Fair, which is always one of the highlights of Boston's winter schedule of events...
...last year's Dartmouth team which swept all events in the Sun Valley invitation tournament, won in the amateur division of the event. He is now studying in the Graduate School of Design. Hunter's allegiance will be divided when the Crimson ski team participates in the annual Dartmouth Winter Carnival on February...