Word: ballooned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...easel. Editor Williams squinted, argued, paced the floor. Finally the judges emerged, smiling amiably and announced their decision. First prize of $1,000 went to Miss Mabel Graham of Lebanon. Ky. whose Portrait of Margaret, a picture of a laughing little girl in a party dress, clutching a balloon (see cut), had been entered in the national contest by the Louisville Courier-Journal. Louisville newshawks found Miss Graham, a teacher in the Lebanon High School, all warm and pink with excitement. Daughter of a well-to-do poultry dealer, a graduate of the University of Kentucky, she has always been...
...gendels of the balloon in this flight was above ninety-seven per cent of the earth atmosphere, and thus a spectrum of the sun could be obtained which would be free from practically all interference. It is hoped that the ultra-violet ray end of the spectrum may have been observed with greater accuracy...
What motormen do know is that 1935 models gave them a prosperous 1935. Therefore instead of risking untried developments, they polished up this year's cars with refinements and improvements for the 1936 season. There are no major innovations like self-starters, four-wheel brakes, high-compression motors, balloon tires, freewheeling, independent front-wheel suspension. Only notable change was the date of the Show, which was moved ahead from January to November to streamline the curve of production and employment...
...automatic instrument that will broadcast a report of weather conditions direct from the upper air as it hangs from a sounding balloon has been perfected at the University's Meteorological Observatory at Blue Hill...
Five meter waves, which have many of the diffractional qualities of light, can be transmitted satisfactorily it has been found, for distances up to fifty miles. Thus the airplane or balloon can cover a wide area away from the home station without losing contact...