Word: clouded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Venus has long been an irresistible target for Russian space scientists, who have sent at least nine unmanned probes arcing toward the cloud-shrouded planet -compared with only four sent by the U.S. Last week, as Venus moved into a favorable position once more (as it does every 18 months), the Soviets launched two more ships on the four-month, 230 million-mile journey...
Despite the cloud of conflicting claims, British voters seem to have made up their minds on the issue. In February of 1974 when Wilson first proposed the unprecedented referendum (Parliament had,.after all, legally and officially approved the treaty to join Europe), the anti-Marketeers enjoyed a 58%-to-28% majority, with an important 14% undecided. Since last March, however, pollsters have reported an amazingly consistent 2 to 1 majority in favor of continued membership. The latest Gallup poll showed 61% intending to vote yes, 29% no and only 10% undecided. Most political analysts see the turnabout as a sign...
...states, new highway signs carry distances in both kilometers and miles. On I-94 in Minnesota, for example, a road sign outside Fergus Falls reads, ST. CLOUD 100 MILES OR 161 KILOMETERS. Other signs note that 55 m.p.h. equals 88 kilometers per hour...
...Saigon, the posters and painted slogans of the defunct Thieu regime had disappeared, swept away by a massive cleanup campaign. Other remnants of capitalism, like advertising posters and bright neon signs, were expected to go next. The cloud of exhaust smoke that customarily hovered over Saigon was gone, a result of the city's gasoline shortage. There were far more bicycles on the street than before, even though their price had quadrupled. Black pajamas, the customary clothing of the Viet Cong guerrillas, doubled in price...
...within his party for the tact and loyalty he demonstrated as national chairman in the worst days of Watergate. A third candidate is Herman, who won his organizational spurs by deftly moving the 1972 G.O.P. National Convention to Miami Beach from San Diego, where it had fallen under the cloud of the ITT contribution scandal...