Word: billowing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Radioactive Dust. The instruments that recorded the Russian explosion were many and varied. Atom Bombs that explode in the air form mushroom clouds of intensely radioactive dust that billow high in the atmosphere. The dust particles, so small that they fall very slowly, are carried long distances by the wind. The radioactivity of the test explosion at Alamogordo in July 1945 was detected over Maryland, 1,425 miles away...
...cops tried a concentrated barrage with carbines, Tommy guns, pistols, and tear-gas guns. When silence fell, Craig began shooting again. Daring policemen ran up, threw flares and gasoline through downstairs windows. Yellow flames began to billow through the house. Fire trucks shot sledging streams of water into the upper windows. But amid the yells, the crackle of fire, and the throb of pumps the cops could hear Craig screaming: "You want me-come...
...about the President's health. After the Boss dies, there is still plenty to do: a trip to Europe to wheedle Göring into revealing the hiding place of the priceless collections of stolen art; a dash back to the U.S. to watch the first atom bomb billow up in the New Mexico sky; a mission to Nürnberg to help convict the war criminals...
Billy didn't git; like any boy, he was thrilled at the prospect of seeing a real battle. When the Army of Northern Virginia hove in sight, "wave after wave, billow after billow," Billy was squatting on top of a fence...
...introduced cathedral evensong to St. Thomas' afternoon service, changed the style of the Psalter to conform to the Anglican tradition. Meanwhile, he was writing church music of his own-anthems, and the tunes to many such familiar hymns as Come, Labour On and Fierce Was the Wild Billow...