Word: clouded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mount Vesuvius was blazing in several places ... A black and dreadful cloud bursting out in gusts of igneous serpentine vapor now and again yawned open to reveal long, fantastic flames, resembling flashes of lightning, but much larger . . . Cinders fell . . . then pumice-stones too, with stones blackened, scorched and cracked by fire...
Certainly deciding principles is an important part of the current struggle in the South. In some instances it may be the only way to attack the problem. But it should not cloud all the other complex issues, as has been the recent tendency in the South...
Yellow Planet. As Mars drew close last week, even laymen noticed that it could hardly be called red. This time it looked definitely yellow. One reason for this, reported astronomers from Japan to Texas, was a gigantic, yellow dust cloud, presumably raised by unusual turbulence in the Martian atmosphere. It was first seen by Japanese astronomers in the middle of August. Later it spread until it obscured much of the planet's surface, making all observation difficult...
...trumpet with a soft, low, fuzzy tone and a stammering swing that was as intimate as if he were whispering into a pretty ear. When he played Moonlight in Vermont, he played the vibraphone with soft-headed sticks, rolling out arpeggios as pretty and cottony as a cumulus cloud. When he played Makin' Whoopee, he played...
Three months later the true robbers were caught and Lyon was released on bail. He lived under a cloud for seven long years, finally brought suit for malicious prosecution against his accusers, and won $9,000 damages. With his new wealth, Lyon went to one of the most fashionable painters in town and commissioned a portrait. He had no wish to be portrayed as a gentleman, he informed the startled John Neagle, but as a workingman. Yet the canvas must be splendid. It must show him lifesize, laboring honestly at his forge. And in the background must be seen...