Word: clouding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Roger," said West Pointer Smith and headed across New York City. He was flying Old John Feather Merchant barely under the thick cloud layer...
...close. It thundered past the stark, stone structures of Rockefeller Center. On the streets below, pedestrians startled by the low-flying craft looked up, saw Old John Feather Merchant barely miss a 60-floor building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Then the craft, southbound, pulled up into the cloud...
Only for a few minutes during the run had the fog lifted enough to disclose a ruddy glow over the Jap coast to Allied gunners. Spotting-plane pilots over the targets reported mostly "Visibility lousy," but where the cloud cover broke, near Mito, the spotter radioed: "Keep it up, gang-we're doing beautifully...
...crowd broke into a faint cheer. A narrow slit had appeared in the eastern altocumulus cloud bank. As the sun climbed toward the slit and the stop watches ticked on toward the scheduled time, the expedition held its breath. At 6:07 the sun, already in partial eclipse, broke into the clear. At 6:15 on the dot, Dr. Stewart shouted...
This spectacular show was staged last week to demonstrate one of the most promising methods yet found for applying the wonder insecticide, DDT. The Todd Shipyards had rigged up an insect-killing version of its Army & Navy smoke-screen generator. The contraption sprays a dry, odorless, stainless cloud of fine oil particles containing a 5% solution of DDT. The fog disappears in a few minutes, leaving a deposit of DDT crystals on everything it touches...