Word: humid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This aftermath of war had its yeasty effect upon the minds of the Filipino people; unrest and political dissension multiplied in the hot & humid atmosphere of peace. The homeless, poverty-stricken masses had watched cynically as members of the Philippines Congress (many of whom had kept their jobs under the Japanese) voted themselves full salaries for the last three years. The wartime bitter ness over collaboration still licked and smoked through all ranks of Filipino society...
Back in Washington after 32 days away from his White House desk, President Truman found the capital hot, humid and in the doldrums, and the country's domestic problems piled up in stubborn, mountainous stacks. The first 100 days had come & gone. Now President Truman faced problems which could not be solved by a mere reference to his predecessor's policy. New decisions had to be made -and had to be made by Harry Truman alone...
...times he offers the Senate his resignation. LÓpez has offered to resign because of 1) a political scandal following the murder of "Mamatoco" (an obscure Negro boxer), 2) a division in the ranks of his political supporters, 3) his wife's illness, 4) Colombia's humid political atmosphere. In the past two years the Senate has consistently refused his resignations...
...Chiang's health has greatly improved. She originally left China on the advice of her American physician, who told her she would never recover in Chungking's humid climate. At that time there were also rumors of a rift with the Gissimo, but they were effectively spiked. When cool weather sets in again, she intends to go back and resume her place as China's first lady...
...neat little experiment reported in the Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, some Jerusalem scientists discovered that when rats are moved from a hot, dry atmosphere to a hot, humid one, their thyroid glands speed...