Word: misted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Parliament reconvened in somber mood last week after a five-week recess. A dark, lowering sky turned afternoon into night, and a damp mist crept into the House of Commons. M.P.s had plenty to worry about-a coal shortage, a meat shortage, the shock of rearmament on Britain's bareboned economy. But one urgent question overshadowed the others...
...Treasury of Immortal Performances (Victor; 6 vols. 45 r.p.m.). To match Caruso, Paderewski and Kreisler in its classical Treasury series, Victor has combed its old jazz and pop files, reissued such collector's items as Fats Waller's Honeysuckle Rose, Bunny Berigan's In a Mist, Benny Goodman's Goodbye...
...human explorers is the icy tip of Mt. Everest, 29,141 ft. high. Many expeditions have tried to claw their way up it. In 1924 G. L. Mallory and A. C. Irvine, who reached a point above 28,000 ft., may have reached the summit; they disappeared in a mist and were never seen again. All who have tried to climb Mt. Everest have been beaten by the near-stratospheric cold, the almost continual gales, the treacherous, sliding snow and the thin, high...
...most people, the vast geometry of the pyramids and the Great Sphinx's weather-blunted face are all that loom above the mist surrounding Egyptian art. For those who cared to look deeper, U.S. bookstores last week were peddling a thin volume of brilliant photographs titled Egyptian Art (Golden Griffin; $8). Along with its pictures, the book boasted a running commentary by Etienne Drioton, a French priest and scholar who is also director of the Cairo Museum's Department of Egyptian Antiques...
...doorway or sprint a couple of steps around a corner). The blast or shock wave races a mile in five seconds. After an air burst, stay where you are for at least a minute, and watch out for falling debris. After an underwater burst, the danger from radioactive mist may last for several hours...