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Whether or not Boyk intentionally programmed Chopin's "Raindrop" prelude to follow the "Tempest" sonata, the music unfortunately dropped from a storm to a drizzle. The Chopin prelude in D minor ended the program on a dazzling, but musically insubstantial, note. Chopin, though entertaining, cheapened the program...
Fishkill, N.Y., Cecilwood Theater: Playwright Lonny Chapman tackles a high school football coach and his rebellious young brother in his play, Cry of the Raindrop, with Pat Hingle...
Last year Convair's propulsion-engineering laboratory was assigned to test the raindrop effect. On a U.S. Navy firing range outside San Diego, Convair's engineers developed a simple but effective experiment. To approximate supersonic flight, test pellets of aircraft materials (e.g., light metals, plastics, fabrics) were fired from a standard 20-mm. cannon through a "rainstorm" produced by a 500-ft. series of sprinklers. The pellets' speed was kept constant-1,520 m.p.h.-and a parachute, timed to open after 1,500 ft., brought the projectile to earth...
More important, say Convair's experts, is the possibility that raindrops can puncture a jet's fuselage or cockpit blister, causing the pressurized cabin to explode at high altitudes. At 1,520 m.p.h. (Mach 2), a raindrop smashes into a plane with a force of 70,000 Ibs. per sq. in. At higher speeds, raindrops may be as deadly as enemy bullets...
...large, Nemo is an optimist: a heavy flood will bring forth a dissertation on the raindrop ("a masterpiece of jewel-like workmanship"), and "green sky is a double delight . . . beautiful to look upon and always suggesting fair weather." Even the Big Snow of '47 left him undismayed. After it was all over, he found it "fair, COLD, SPARKLING, STIMULATING, PERFECT! Dazzling white snow, sky of blue...