Word: winter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beating of wings sounded like thunder in the crisping air. Across 700 miles of flat and rolling water-flecked land from Alberta through Saskatchewan and on east to Manitoba, Canada's great duck factory was emptying for the winter. Some 200 million ducks, incubated in millions of prairie potholes and marshes that yield 65% of the continent's waterfowl, began the long flight south. From Canada they will scud at 40 to 50 m.p.h. over the four great fly ways (see map) to winter havens scattered from the southern U.S. to northern Peru. Along the way, millions will...
...began last winter when Diplomat Julius Holmes stopped in Morocco on a special assignment in Africa. As onetime U.S. representative in Tangier, Holmes had a special affection for Morocco; as an alumnus of St. Paul's, he felt a sentimental tie to his old school. So he decided to bring the two together. U.S. Information Service Officer Arthur A. Bardos handled the technical details, asked the Moulay Hassan school faculty to suggest a student for a St. Paul's scholarship. The faculty unanimously chose Abdallah...
Heavy Weather. As the designer of the 19-year-old Vim, until this summer the finest 12-meter yacht in the world, Stephens had a good head start when he settled down last winter to create the 12-meter Columbia. The new boat posed special problems. In the summer, when the trials would be run, the breezes off Newport can be as soft as a whisper, but in September, cup race time, freshening winds often turn the waters into a white-capped obstacle course...
...freshman year, students will take a lower-level Nat Sci course, preferably 2, 3, or 9. In addition, they will attend afternoon drill periods during the fall and spring. There will be no drills or Air Science courses during the winter, and students can also take lab courses instead...
When the renovated quarters are ready, probably next September, the Center will vacate the temporary quarters in a recently-constructed concrete block building on Cambridge St., which it has occupied since last winter. The Boylston Hall renovation will provide office space and library space which is now unavailable...