Word: light
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...death and destruction. Wild ducks, flying north, alighted on small lakes of rain water in the bottomland pastures. In Ohio, the cherry trees refused to bloom. In Illinois, some farmers gave up hope of putting in oats and decided to plant the acreage to corn or soy beans. Even light tractors bogged down in the squishy Missouri soil; one disgusted farmer near Independence sowed a 250-acre area in clover from an airplane. In the Dakotas, the Red River was flooding, and the seeding of spring wheat was only half done...
Ramadier announced that he would ask the Assembly for a vote of confidence. As the debate opened, the Communists made light of the crisis. Portly Duclos was at his wittiest. He urged that the workers' wages be boosted at the expense of employers' profits. Said he: "You know, it is a mistake to think that the principle of profit-taking was established on Mount Sinai, amid thunder and lightning...
...echo back from the ground (or from the sea or buildings), a receiving apparatus measures the time the waves take to make the round trip. If any return quickly enough to indicate that an obstacle is within 2,000 ft. from the airplane, a bell rings and a bright light flashes in the cockpit. The pilot can then pull into a climb in time to avoid any "terrain" hidden in the overcast (see diagram...
...newsmen and headed out over the Pacific near Los Angeles. He flew west until he was opposite the steep mountains beyond Santa Monica, which have reached for many an airplane through California fog. Turning inland, Hughes flew the plane directly toward the highest peak. The bell rang and the light flashed as soon as the radar "cat's whiskers" brushed the rising ground...
Check on Einstein. An old question is Einstein's Theory of Relativity. One way to check on Einstein is to measure how much a star's light rays are bent by gravitation when they pass close to the sun. These measurements can be taken effectively only during a solar eclipse...