Word: winter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...probably no reflection upon freshman spirit to note that the Union's history has been fairly dull since their occupancy, but only such flukes as last year's fire and the recent Jubilee hoax-candidates have drawn any large-scale undergraduate interest to the building. The fire last winter ruined its roof and caused damage to paintings inside...
Every year on Patriot's Day, April 19, the swan boats migrate out of winter storage in a warehouse down to the Boston Public Gardens opposite the Common. At this time, and during the rest of the summer, the city's harried mothers bring their offspring over to the garden pond for a ride, a look at the ducks and swans, and a chance to throw peanuts at the pigeons...
Although President Eisenhower does not wear his troubles with Congress on his public sleeve, last week he was working himself into a private slow burn. Reason: Congress is dragging its feet in granting permanent visas to some 25,000 Hungarian refugees admitted to the U.S. last winter as temporary "parolees" under the McCarran-Walter...
...offer will probably be refused by Red China, Worthy thought, since "they will want to get a little more political propaganda out of the situation." Worthy, a reporter on the Baltimore Afro-American, defied the ban on China travel this past winter...
...Winter Swimming. Inventor Walter Bird of Buffalo demonstrated a plastic cover for winterizing outdoor swimming pools. The pool cover is supported by raising inside air pressure slightly with an electric blower. Bird says that sunshine makes the water comfortably warm in fall and spring, but recommends a water heater in northern climates in midwinter. Estimated cost of cover, which is stored away in summer, is less than $1.50 per square foot of area enclosed...