Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Defined as those 10% or more above the ideal weight for any given height and body build...
...from the vale to the height...
What makes a good announcer? Dick Stark's basic ingredient seems to be averageness. He is of medium height, has thinning hair and a bland, open face that is naggingly familiar to people. Stark says: "Everybody thinks I went to school with him. I've just got one of those faces." He was born in Michigan, grew up in California, graduated from Cornell. This geographic spread has given Stark a "neutral" accent that can't be easily identified with any region of the U.S. Network executives have a theory that national audiences are distracted by such regional...
...special kind of flying saucer, says Menzel, has been seen four times, just after the launching of a big "sky hook" balloon. They appear as roundish objects, apparently at a great height. He believes that they are caused by the balloon itself when it rises through a thin layer of warm air at a thousand feet or so (see diagram). As it rises, it punches a hole in the layer. Cold air flows in, forming a blob of denser air that acts as an imperfect lens. Observers on the ground see a small moving image of the balloon above...
Mello cleared 12 feet, 6 inches in tying for third. The winning height was 13 feet. Bad weather kept the performances generally poor. Only one record fell during the meet...