Word: fog
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...commercial airlines? It's already here, say the British, who are flying their jet Comet on commercial routes. But Chairman Fred B. Rentschler of United Aircraft, whose J57 Pratt & Whitney jet engine is probably the most powerful in production, disagrees. In plain words, he cut through the fog of confusing claims about jet transports. Piston planes, said Rentschler, will still be flying the bulk of commercial travelers in 1956, and jet fleets will not come until several years after that...
...McCarthy issue is a wonderful way for the Democrats to pick up votes and, at the same time, fog up the Democrats' own record of denying or ignoring that there are or have been Communist influences in Government...
...Morning fog slithered through the cobbled streets when the first of the 200,000 men, women & children funneled into the old cathedral town of Durham. In a noisy, hilarious parade, they cascaded through the streets to the old abandoned race course, where every year the coal miners of Durham County quaff free beer and quiver at oratory at their annual Miners' Gala (pronounced gayler...
...Million. By that time it was so dark that the only light in the stadium was the Olympic flame, glowing dully through the fog. Mrs. Mathias, huddled patiently in the stands, watched the start of the 1,500-meter race, at 10:30: "We could see the orange spurt when the gun started the runners, but the fog was so dense we could see nothing else." Fighting foot cramps and a sick stomach, Bob staggered across the finish line five minutes and eleven seconds later to clinch his title. When he got his wind back and found his mother...
...making history. In her first 20 hr. 24 min. at sea (a steamship's running time is figured from noon to noon), she averaged 34.11 knots-as compared with the Queen Mary's average of 31.13-and covered 696 nautical miles. The next day, despite heavy fog which forced her navigators to rely on radar, she increased her speed to 35.6 knots, and covered 801 miles, the greatest distance ever traversed by a ship in 24 hours. On her third day out, she went even faster, averaged an astounding 36.17 knots-almost 41 statute miles an hour...