Word: granular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Code discovered that: 1) histamine is a normal constituent of white blood cells; 2) certain types of white blood cells, called myeloid (granular) cells, are the source of histamine in the blood; 3) certain types of mature myeloid cells called eosinophils, which increase when the body is disturbed by "sensitizing agents" such as pollens, various foods, are associated with "increased quantities" of histamine in the blood stream...
...windblown powder Cohway, N.H. Cloudy Good 13 4 new fluffy Dartmouth Region, N.H. Good 10 6 in. new Franconia Notch, N.H. Snowing Fair 24 5 in, new over 19 base Fryeburg, Me. Cloudy Good 11 7 new over 4 in. base Greenfield, Mass. Cloudy Fair 3 1 in, granular on hard crust Intervale, N.H. Cloudy Good 13 4 in. new fluffy Jackson, N.H. Cloudy Good 14 4 in. new powder Laconia (Gilford) N.H. Cloudy Good 10 Dry Lancaster, N.H. Cloudy Good 11 Dry Lincoln, N.H. Fair Good 16 New Powder Littleton, N.H. Snowing Fair 6 Powder Monadnock Region, N.H. Cloudy...
EASTERN SLOPE REGION: 6 to 8 inches of frozen granular on slopes. 20 above, clear...
...Bernard record for canine Christianity was unaccountably shattered. From Grenoble. Dr. Jean Bremond had set out on a skiing trip across the Swiss border with his three young daughters. Up & up they slid along the Great St. Bernard pass. Cru-u-unch went their skis in the granular Alpine snow as they came in sight of the home of the pious monks of St. Bernard. A deep-voiced barking broke out as the famed dogs of the monastery came leaping to greet the travelers. Shrieking with laughter and excitement, ten-year-old Marie-Anne hurried ahead...
Goggled against the stinging snow and wind that burn your face, you sit tense in a narrow cockpit, legs braced, toes hooked under a crossbar. The tiller jerks and trembles in your hands, intensifying your sensation of speed. A few inches beneath you is the ice, now white and granular, now slick as black glass, racing by to the singing of the wind in your rigging and the crisp cutting sound of the sharp-bladed runners. You put your nose down into your muffler to catch a warm breath-the wind has you gasping and your cheeks feel shaved...