Word: winterful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ornately somber National Assembly building one day last week emerged one of the world's least known and (at the moment) most important politicians. He was huddled in a black overcoat and brown woolen muffler, as if trying to withdraw into himself before the winds of winter and discontent that wailed about him. His black Homburg, tipped far over his pale blue eyes, almost scraped his nose, perhaps the most remarkable French nose since Cyrano de Bergerac's-a long, melancholy nose whose moody descent ended in a surprising and somewhat rakish twist, thus expressing both resignation...
...atmosphere. It is very thin (probably equivalent to the earth's atmosphere 50,000 ft. above sea level), but sometimes small white clouds can be seen floating in it. Yellow dust storms rage across the Martian plains. The Martian poles show white spots, suggesting icecaps, that creep in winter down to latitude 50 degrees (equivalent to the latitude of Winnipeg), and disappear in the Martian summer. When the "icecaps" retreat, they leave greenish areas that resemble vegetation...
...dash tonight, Spivak will have to contend with men like Joe Cianciabella, last winter's winner, Ira Kaplan, and Homer Gillis. He may pick up a couple of points if he gets a break off the mark. Don Trimble may squeeze in for a fifth-place point in the shot. He hit 47 feet, 11 1/2 inches at New Haven this week. Lawrence and Lockett could score in the vault...
...this winter the varsity wrestling team enjoys a reputation of winning the close ones--an accomplishment incredibly rare among present-day Crimson teams. Against Princeton in New Jersey today, however, the grapplers' ability to win when the money rides gets its final test...
While today's game rings down the curtain on the actual league campaign, the climax of the winter season does not come until next Saturday at Princeton, when the three-day intercollegiate individuals championships begin. The Crimson will probably enter its top tire in the 20-team competition...