Word: wintered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...value of the Finnish bath as a conditioning medium was not appreciated by American athletes until Paavo Nurmi visited this country last winter. During his series of record-breaking performances on American tracks, Nurmi made use of Finnish baths in New York and Chicago, and when he came to the Harvard Stadium to make his great bid for the American mile record held by Norman Tabor, he visited the baths at Quincy, accompanied by Coach Mikkola...
Syracuse, which captured the honors in 1922 and 1923, is Harvard's most dangerous opponent in the coming event with such runners as Bell, who made a remarkable showing last year when he won the Freshman race; Gottlieb, conqueror of Nurmi in a handicap test last winter; and James Loucks. Pittsburgh, with only Corbett and Howell of its last year's victorious five available, appears to have little chance...
Bankers have for some time been predicting slightly higher money rates for this winter. The first official recognition of this coming trend was supplied by the quite unexpected action of the Boston Reserve Bank in moving its rediscount rate up from 3½% to 4%. It is now expected that the New York Reserve Bank will soon follow suit with a similar rate advance, and that the ten other Reserve Banks will shortly swing into line by a similar action...
...sales. The sales amounted to approximately 96,000 cars and trucks, including Buicks, Chevrolets, Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles, Oaklands. The preceding month of September had established the existing high record of sales at 89,000 cars and trucks. These sales are mostly made to dealers, who are stocking up for the winter and spring demand as well as filling current orders. October earnings rose in proportion. At an average of $130 profit per unit, the month's business must have meant something like a $12,500,000 profit to General Motors...
...rail, by boat.Yet this does not seem to mitigate the traffic jam on the southern railroads. Waiting two weeks for Pullman accommodations to Florida is said to be the normal experience. Freight conditions are even worse. All summer most of the Florida lines have been running on full winter schedule, and now, with the advent of the real season for visiting Florida, freight piles up despite every effort of the railroads...