Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make the attempt again for a million pounds." Last week Lieut. Scott arrived back in England. His time from Australia was 10 days, 23 hr.-nearly two days better than Kingsford-Smith's record for that direction. Ill from exhaust fumes, scorched by sun, wind and engine heat, Lieut. Scott said: "It is too far and I am really glad it is all over...
...thus: "When they fell in waterless desert places they died; where they passed they left desert ; they sprouted wings and flew. Their seed sprang again in wingless armies from the earth. They had no reason and little that might be called instinct. All their movements are due to the heat of the sun. They are thermotropic...
...long row, the four eights proceeded down the river to the railroad bridge at New London, a distance of eight miles, each crew taking the distance in two stretches at a high paddle. Coached by Haines, the Freshman and Combination boats returned to the boathouse in a single heat, again accelerating the rhythm as they neared headquarters. Whiteside's two crews stopped at the four-mile start on the way back, and the remaining distance was covered with the Jayvee boat pacing the University in a brief sprint...
...Heat was applied by Norway's new, little-known Arctic Council, constituted last January to advise the Norwegian Government about Arctic affairs. This council, composed of peppery Arctic experts, suddenly released to the Norwegian press a handout with two main points: first, the Norwegian public was warned that a Danish expedition will soon set out to explore East Greenland; second, the Council urged that the Government "draw part of East Greenland under Norwegian sovereignty," presumably by sending out a Norwegian expedition. Norway's claim to East Greenland, the Arctic Council declared, is justly based on the fact that "East Greenland...
...valve had failed to work, and they were forced to wait until the cool of evening contracted the hydrogen in the balloon's bag which was only one-seventh full upon starting. Yes, it was fortunate that their oxygen held out so long. No, they suffered no hardship except heat and thirst. Half the shell of the gondola had been painted black to absorb the rays of the sun in the frigid stratosphere. Result: When far aloft, the air was 75° below zero Fahrenheit outside, it was 106° above inside. Their drinking water ran out. They resorted to licking...