Word: misted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cathedral of St. Bavon, looked better than it had for centuries. Long-obscured flowers sprouted from the grass, the grey clouds that once hovered about the holy dove had become a rain-bow-hued nimbus, and a lovingly detailed background landscape emerged clearly from the greenish-brown mist of generations. Everywhere, colors brightened to the rich blues, yellows and reds the Van Eycks had originally painted...
...loveless existence with letters from her dropsy-cure customers, as does the cold, business-minded Verena with her profitable, secret ventures. Catherine, who is "dark as the angels of Africa" takes delight in cursing That One (Verena). "Her ugly moods sifted through the house like sour yellow mist. That One. Hush now, hush...
...force of ten battalions was snaking through the winding river valleys to the southeast toward the town of Nghia Lo. At dawn French-manned B-26 bombers and Hellcat and Bearcat fighters were roaring off the airfields of Hanoi and Haiphong, a few minutes later were diving between the mist-shrouded peaks surrounding the Nghia Lo basin to plaster the Viet Minh troops with bombs and napalm. Over the town of Nghia Lo, C-47s and three-motored Junkers transports dropped French and Foreign Legion paratroopers, who quickly set up new defenses athwart the mountain passes. At week...
...bellied BOAC Stratocruiser Canopus* at floodlit London Airport. Just before midnight, as hundreds of well-wishers cheered, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh got aboard; it was the first overseas flight for an heir to the British throne. At 12:31 a.m., the Canopus took off into the mist. Back on the tarmac, Queen Elizabeth blew a last kiss, said to a companion: "I'm full of envy...
...morning mist last week, a delegation from New Jersey, headed by Governor Alfred Driscoll, drove slowly across the two-mile length of the new Delaware Memorial Bridge. Delaware's Governor Elbert Carvel was waiting at Pigeon Point, just below Wilmington on the Delaware side. After appropriate speeches and snipping of ribbons, the long lines of waiting trucks and cars started across the $44 million span. Within 24 hours, 20,000 paid toll to bypass the tedious old New Castle-Pennsville ferry; they saved an average two hours on the Jersey route between New York and points south...