Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from the first balloon were not picked up because the airplane's receiver was not working properly, but a second balloon dropped into the same storm made itself heard. As Helene moved relentlessly toward the Carolina coast, directional radios tuned to its thin voice could locate accurately the eye's ever-shifting position...
...balloon hung steadily in the eye of the storm. Whenever it rose above a predetermined level, an automatic mechanism released a little of its buoyant gas. Whenever it sank too low, another gadget dropped a bit of ballast. Gentle breezes spiraling inward kept it always close to the storm's calm center...
Glassed Chance. In Brisbane, the Queensland Division of the Australian Optometrical Association offered free eye examinations to the 34 umpires and linesmen who will judge the Davis Cup tennis matches in December...
When Joan was hired last January, a tropical spell hit Pan Am's Fifth Avenue office. It was those fuselage-hugging sheath dresses she wore. Those doe eyes. That platinum blonde hair. And all that Hollywood mascara. "Tone down your appearance," warned Pan Am. So Joan toned down the mascara and eye shadow, sacked her sheaths in favor of a white blouse and black skirt. But she drew the line at a suggestion to switch her hair color to a more businesslike strawberry blonde...
Neither will moviegoers. Director Huston's eye for the limpid beauty of Japan's gardens, houses, temples and harbors is outstandingly true, but this time his ear and his touch have gone sour...