Word: cloudly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Competition from a Cloud. Amid all this uproar the Admiral carried himself with aplomb; smiled, waved, saluted manfully, honestly appeared to enjoy himself. But it was evident that he would have been more at home at fleet headquarters than on the poop deck of an open automobile on Broadway...
Crisp autumn weather had come to Washington, and Harry Truman caught a cold that frogged his throat at times. It did not cloud his affability or brake his brisk manner of disposing of business across his desk. Newsmen who jampacked his press conference noticed: 1) Harry Truman had switched from summerweight double-breasted to a medium-weight flannel double-breasted suit; 2) his work-to-be-done boxes were stacked high; 3) there was another box on his desk, filled with emerald green match folders. The President indicated the folders, remarked that he was not supposed to be looking. Deskside...
...advertisements in Rio's newspapers, 150 relatives, friends and gawkers boarded a special train which Gabriella had provided. On Corcovado's peak, while the crowd waited an hour for Gabriella to arrive (by limousine), a vendor did a bang-up business in sandwiches and bananas. Then the cloud curtain parted. A brilliant sun laid Rio bare and dazzling, 2,300 ft. below. Madame Lage strode on stage. Beneath the statue of Christ the Redeemer, a priest intoned a short service. In 15 minutes, it was all over...
...King Clode, who ran the place, had something on his mind and he wanted to hold a conference. He summoned the Royal Wizard, who appeared in a cloud of smoke. "Just come in the room like anybody else," bawled the king indignantly, "Bad enough ... to appear in a flash of lightning . . . smells up the whole castle." "Yes, Sire," said the Wizard...
From the air, by night or day or through the thickest cloud, it lays open the terrain below like a relief map, showing coastlines, ships, harbors, jetties, mountains, lakes, rivers, bridges, cities. At close range, with the narrowest radar beam, it is possible to see a city's river fronts, avenues, even buildings...