Word: occured
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...LaPaz pointed out that meteors big enough to penetrate the lower atmosphere do not occur in showers. The so-called meteor showers are caused by very small particles that burn out quickly far above the earth. The green color is unusual, too. Meteorites generally roar like jet planes as they approach the earth, but most observers insisted that these odd objects were completely silent. Though some of them seemed to hit the surface with a flash, brilliant even in daylight, search parties so far have found no remains of the mysterious fireballs...
Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, last night called the ban "obscurantism and reactionary." Censorship of this sort, he said, should not occur without a hearing and a trial...
Meteorologist John H. Conover of the Observatory staff has reduced the climate to a code by studying records dating back 70 years. He claims that "occasionally the critical temperature will occur on a date differing widely from that anticipated. But the probabilities are accurate and if the graphs are played each year, results. in the long run, should be good...
...looked dark and formidable, and three tiers of cells were erected on the stage. The cell walls were made of a material which would become transparent with the use of lights, so that flash-backs, showing Rubashov moving from his 1937 cell directly to a pre-Revolutionary meeting, could occur without changing scenery or lowering the curtains...
Muzzey is still confused by the unwarranted invasion, but is preparing for another attack tomorrow night. He feels that there must be some significance to the fact that the raids occur on the Sabbath, but cannot see why the bugs have chosen him. "All the other guys here only get love bites," he stated disconsolately...