Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Summer Lightning. A tall, handsome, immaculately tailored man with a carefully clipped ____e of silver hair, Connally cuts a striking, almost theatrical figure. No member of Nixon's inner circle has his personal magnetism. He strongly resembles his longtime mentor, Johnson. There are the same drawling intonation of speech, the same earthy turns of phrase. Yet his features are finer and his manner smoother than Johnson's; nobody can quite picture Connally showing off an operation scar. He can charm foes with a wry, knowing smile that flickers as brightly and briefly as summer lightning...
Included on the program for the evening are Harvard's John Misha Petkevich, '71 U.S. Men's Champion: Julie Holmes, '71 World Ladies' Silver Medalist; and Janet Lynn. '71 U.S. Ladies' Champion. Two couples will be featured in the presentation: Jo-Jo Starbuck and Ken Shelley. '71 U.S. Pairs Champion; and Judy Schwoneren and Jim Sladky. '71 U.S. Dance Champions...
...keep these winds from spiraling inward and increasing their velocity that Stormfury's aircraft dropped silver iodide particles into the colder clouds of water vapor 50 to 110 miles from the eye. Theoretically the vapor would form into ice crystals around the iodide seeds, and the heat released by the crystal formation would raise the temperature in the targeted clouds around the eye. As they heated up, these clouds (called a rainband) would also expand and create new low pressure areas away from the eye. The new regions would, in turn, keep the swirling winds and water vapor from...
...That restriction has limited Storm-fury's activities. Since 1961, only four hurricanes have been seeded. The first two attempts were not noticeably successful, possibly because the planes dropped too little silver iodide too close to the center of the storm. But by the time Hurricane Debbie appeared in 1969, computer simulations at the National Hurricane Research Laboratory in Miami had suggested that seeding would be more effective if the pellets were dropped in a greater quantity and slightly farther from the eye. Using this new approach, the hurricane tamers apparently managed to reduce Debbie's winds...
...Though Harry Gray is no aerospace expert, he seems well suited to lead United. A World War II infantry hero (Bronze and Silver Stars), he started his career at Greyhound Movers, then moved in 1954 to Litton. He began by acquiring electronics firms that helped to make Litton into a huge conglomerate, then was in charge of finances and, most recently, ran three groups of subsidiary companies. In the process, Gray won a reputation for coolness and dedication. After he was in a motorcycle crash in 1964, he set up office in his hospital room and directed operations while still...