Word: rim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...January temperatures plummet to 100° below, while August temperatures soar to 120° above. Nature shaped the land with a grim hand. In prehistoric times, Siberia was a vast ocean, and its topography still resembles that of a shallow sea bottom, raised at the edges by a saucer-rim of mountains, with few barriers against wind or sun. The flat landscape is banded by four distinct regions-the icy northern shelf of the tundra, where nothing grows except moss, lichen and dwarf shrub; the dense forest zone, or the taiga, where arctic birches sprout beside palm trees; the steppe...
...tornadoes that are spawned by powerful hurricanes, and sometimes account for a good part of their damage, are mysterious, too. Meteorologists say that they are caused by the rapidly rising air on the rim of the storm and are similar to the eddies in water flowing out of a bathtub, but no one knows just when to expect the dangerous twisters. Usually they are much smaller than Kansas-type tornadoes, and last only a few minutes, whipping down to earth to splinter a few blocks of buildings and then dissipate...
...even reverent. "Mr. Wright used to say, 'We'll all be right here, in the palm of His hand,' " recalled the pastor, cupping his hands as Wright had. In the concrete and steel teacup church that followed the pattern of his cupped hands. Wright ringed the rim with a wide balcony to bring more worshipers closer to the altar...
...seriously suggest that calling up a dozen Reserve divisions will make Khrushchev hesitate to make a grab for Berlin. But the Army wants to prepare as fast as it can for any brush fires the Russians may set around the rim of the Western world while U.S. attention is riveted on Germany. Rushing its readiness, the Defense Department last week announced that it will build up the Army full strength (870,000) by drafting 8,000 men in August, the largest draft call since last December...
...acres of mountain, fresh-water pond, deep woods and seashore. At Rangeley Lake in the same state, the campers took nature walks between classes at the camping school, where they learned how to keep a campfire from turning into a disaster (dig a hole for the fire, line the rim with rocks; before leaving it, douse it with water and sand and stir thoroughly until it is cool enough to be sifted by hand). In Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest, the streams rippled with trout (provided by the wildlife commissions), and the campsites, many with their own blacktop driveways...