Word: snow
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...consistently discouraging news to the Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition. Flying conditions were bad. One day low hanging clouds obscured most of the surrounding terrain, an important drawback because the expedition's scientific aim was to map aerially 250 sq. mi. surrounding the peak. Another day a great white snow plume whirled menacingly about Everest's cone. The flyers were waiting for a wind velocity not to exceed 40 m.p.h. They fell impatiently to tinkering with their ships and equipment, already at taut perfection. They had been at Purnea nine days, but precious time was slipping away. Soon...
...Turkish factories the centre of the illegal drug traffic has moved from Istanbul to Sofia. Nine narcotic factories are now operating in Bulgaria. Largest and most important is Balkans Products Co., Ltd., which opened a new factory at Radomir in October. In two months Balkans Products produced a "snow" storm of 1,500 kilograms-one and one-half tons-of heroin, all of which, according to Chief Russell, was smuggled into France and Germany in double-bottomed trunks, en route for the U. S., Egypt and the Far East. One kilo of heroin equals 250,000 medical doses. At this...
...program is as follows: "Harvard Hymn" J. K. Paine '69 The Glee Club and Orchestra "Symphony in C-Major" Mozart The Orchestra "Two Choruses," from "Orpheus" Gluck The Glee Club and Orchestra "Danse des Bouffons," from "The snow Maiden" Rimsky-Korsakov The Orchestra "Ecco Iam Noctes" G. W. Chadwick The Glee Club and Orchestra Prelude to "Oedipus Tyrannis" J. K. Paine '69 The Orchestra "Hallelujah Amen," from "Judas Maccabus" G. F. Handel The Glee Club and Orchestra
Japanese courage and efficiency plus Chinese treachery and bungling made possible last week an epic and amazing relay race of conquest up the snow-swept mountains of Jehol and on to the Great Wall itself, upon which jubilant Japanese hoisted the flag of their puppet state Manchukuo...
...world's fastest natural ski course is a tamped snow swath without a jump down the nearly perpendicular face of a mountain near St. Moritz in Switzerland. For weeks men have curried and patted, dragged toboggans up & down, to make a flawless surface. Last week 16 ski racers stood at the top. At intervals along the course were men with bamboo poles to swish over the light snow between runs. The racers wore goggles, had no ski sticks because they knew they could not stand up against the terrific wind resistance. Their skis were 9 ft. long and heavy...