Word: damping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best sections of Collected Impressions are those which deal with damp-rotted Irish country houses, with Author Bowen's school days, and with her own maxims on novel writing. Samples...
Oarsmen at Oxford University had their minds on "Eights Week," and most undergraduates were sweating out their finals. But neither these distractions nor the fine spring weather last week could damp down the philosophical war that has been raging between Oxford's logical positivists and Oxford's believers...
Felton, a six-foot-two 190-pounder, established the record in a damp and windy setting. An official called a foul on another heave which would have broken all records by an American and Felton was surprised at the call. Reporters at the meet said it was "almost invisible" it Felton's foot stepped over the seven-foot circle. The invalid throw measured 190 feet, 2 1-2 inches...
...relay stations at Woofferton (England), Munich, Tangier, Salonika, Honolulu and Manila. Voice stations are located in some exotic places: the transmitter in Tangier stands on a sultan's former hunting domain, and the slender blue-and-white transmitters near Manila rise elegantly from damp rice paddies. In a twice-daily air assault against Russian jamming, the Voice teams up with some 30 BBC transmitters. Voice broadcasts are also carried by domestic stations in more than 50 countries, including the French government network. The Voice is now building several more transmitters whose location, is still secret...
...Princetonian didn't really have to mention the plant, since undergraduates guessed that it was there anyhow. On days when the wind is southeasterly, and the weather damp, Princeton men have found that a moist handkerchief over the nose is a distinct help in getting about...