Word: moist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From June on, a series of dry air masses hovered far above the U.S., swirling around a high-pressure center. Winds moving around this center kept moist air over the Gulf of Mexico from spreading, and steered Pacific storms off to the north. As summer wore on, the dry masses sank steadily, becoming compressed and growing warmer.,as they came down. The result: hot, dry weather over most of the country, disastrous drought in sections of 13 states. Last fortnight, the drought breeding weather high was cracked and pushed aside...
...said Sir Winston, "a word about myself." He seemed tired, and his eyes were moist, but with an effort he roused himself for the simple peroration that would proclaim to the world that Churchill is staying put. "If I stay on for the time being, bearing the burden at my age, it is not because of love for power or office. I have had an ample feast of both. If I stay, it is because I have the feeling that I may, through things that have happened, have an influence on what I care about above all else-the building...
...exploitation, the players seemed oblivious to the dark cloud. Some were nervous, but none cracked up. Bantam-sized (5 ft. 2 in., 103 Ibs.) Joe Sims of Birmingham struck out six batters, issued no walks, allowed only two hits in shutting out Schenectady, 1 to 0. The losers, moist-eyed but not bawling, pattered from their dugout to congratulate the Alabama players, who triumphantly hoisted Sims to their shoulders. The winners were then engulfed by autograph-hunting bobby-soxers. Piped one downy-cheeked champion: "This is worse than the game...
...every Sauter-Finegan arrangement has either a palpable atmosphere or a clear story line or both, without ever tripping over its danceable rhythm. With the precision of a Marine parade and the grace of a lace handkerchief waving on the sidelines, the big band runs through a notably moist version of Rain, a playful Midnight Sleighride, a dreamy April in Paris. Jazz-wise listeners only had an occasional sense of too much novelty for its own sake...
...razzle-dazzle climb from two reels and a crank in a primitive lower Manhattan studio to control of a lavish Hollywood lot. March an army of extras in slow motion through the lives of father & son featuring such types as deep, silent directors (genius division), mean old financiers with moist-eyed granddaughters, fading stars, grasping agents, gossip columnists, and other native life of the celluloid jungle. Dub in a score of documentary asides on 20 pre-talkie years of motion-picture history, focus on the printed page, and the nickering result is The Magic Lantern, Author Robert Carson...