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Word: mountainous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Four inches of powder cover 37 to 46 inches of snow on Cannon Mountain at Franconia. The weather is fair, skiing good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Forecast | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

...race of lichen eaters. He took no direct photographs, and did not see the famous Martian "canals" that astronomers (and Sunday supplement readers) argue about. The canals may get their test in a couple of years when Mars swings around again, and the 200-inch telescope on Palomar Mountain is ready to take its picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Far-Away Lichens | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...Hughes and installed on his Trans World Airline (TIME, May 12). They flash lights (some of them also sound horns or buzzers) when the plane comes within 1,000 or 2,000 feet of an obstacle, either ahead or below. Chief value: the pilot is warned that an unseen mountain, or other dangerous "terrain," is close. The warning gives him time to climb out of trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Warning | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...Windser Mountain Ascutney: 31 40 inches. Granular surface. Good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Report | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

Hanover: 21-25 inches. Frozen granular Peterboro Temple Mountain: 21-25 inch-surface. Fair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Report | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

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