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...world. In 1919, Norway's Vilhelm Bjerknes and his son Jakob (now head of the Department of Meteorology at U.C.L.A.) hoisted forecasting into a third dimension and a new perspective with their analyses of air masses. U.S. airlines and other private concerns were quick to adopt the Norwegian techniques, but the Weather Bureau didn't get around to using them for more than a decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dishonored Prophets | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...Chinese, Japanese, Burmese, Malay, Korean, Thai, Turkish, Hindustani, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Russian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Linguistic Quickstep | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

College skiers who tire of the blue books can get away from it all at the newly established Norwegian Ski School for Americans at Kongsberg, Norway, it was announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New England Ski Resorts Open Snowy Arms | 12/4/1947 | See Source »

Lectures on the Norwegian language, literature, and history will be given by college teachers and Norwegian political and cultural leaders. Students who pass a theoretical and practical final examination receive instructor's certificates from the Norwegian Ski Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New England Ski Resorts Open Snowy Arms | 12/4/1947 | See Source »

Kongsberg is an old, dignified town located about 80 miles from Oslo. The Ski School Committee will arrange sight-seeing tours, and the ski students will have an opportunity to attend the various Norwegian winter sports features...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New England Ski Resorts Open Snowy Arms | 12/4/1947 | See Source »

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