Word: cloudly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Karachi to Calcutta, he flew through blinding rain and cloud. Over the Hump, which he had flown 102 times during World War II for the Chinese National Aviation Corp., the plane bounced and tossed. Blue St. Elmo's fire glowed eerily from propellers and wing tips. His automatic pilot went out. For the rest of the way, he had to fly by manual control...
...brain like a weight. Flying southeastward over the Canadian Rockies, he fell asleep. When he awoke an hour and 40 minutes later, he was flying almost due north. All around him, white-fanged peaks glinted in the moonlight. "I looked up and I was headed for a huge cloud. No, I thought, that's not a cloud." It was the top of Mount Logan, 19,850 feet high. "I just pulled back on the wheel and spiraled right up ... before I straightened out for home...
Gromyko was among the first to leave, walking with his heavy, stiff shoulders carried high, head prodding forward, his face a stolid mask. Soviet car No. 1 drove up. The chauffeur smiled with a flash of stainless steel teeth, and Gromyko disappeared in a faint cloud of gasoline and mystery...
...since the 1945 Labor victory. The palace, a huge pile of yellowed brown and grey stone given by a grateful Parliament to the first Duke of Marlborough, loomed impressively amid the green of flawlessly kept lawns, woods, pastures and ponds. The afternoon was perfect, with just a touch of cloud, wind and rain to make it true to England. Into the green expanse spilled some 60,000 Britons (at 50? for the general public, 30? for Conservative Party members). For their entertainment there were bowling greens, tea tents, puppet shows, acrobats, bicycle races and, of course, cricket. For their inspiration...
Last week, as Bob came home from Chicago to St. Cloud to a 50-piece band, a Chamber of Commerce luncheon and a huge horseshoe of roses, he said enthusiastically: "Butler Bros, can become the General Motors of merchandise; the Du Ponts did it with automobiles. All the small-town merchant will have to do is stay home and take care of his store. Butler Brothers will do the rest...