Word: snowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lack of snow has caused the cancellation of the Hanover Invitational cross country relay race and jump scheduled for this weekend at Dartmouth...
...first Varsity Ski Team competition, a 4-event meet at Lyndenville, Vt. on Jan. 1 and 2, was cancelled because of lack of snow. Fifteen candidates for the freshman and varsity teams trained for a week at Holderness and Franconia, N.H. during the holidays...
James Glenn, NBC's man for special effects, imported three varieties of snow for Christmas week: 1) confetti, for stage-trained comics who see no reason for changing a theater convention that dates back to Uncle Tom's Cabin; 2) modern, featherweight plastic snow that measures about twice the size of nature's flakes and is used mostly on dramatic shows, where it is scattered over a scene from "snow drops" (rotary drums) that are suspended over the set; and 3) a foamy snow spray, also plastic, that is released from an aerosol bomb by a stagehand...
Beer & Epsom Salts. For snow that is supposed to be already on the ground, somewhat different techniques are used. Snowdrifts on TV are actually masses of plastic flakes in solid form; snowy window sills are shaped from a coarse dairy salt, then sprayed with water to give it a smooth, rounded look. To simulate frost on a windowpane. the technicians brew a mixture of beer and Epsom salts and paint it on the glass...
...till after World War II that it really came into full bloom. Today Takarazuka is a thriving city of 35,000, and the railway (also serving other suburban stops) carries some 700,000 passengers a day. Two of the four Takarazuka troupes (named Snow. Moon, Flower, Star) stay at home, while the others tour the rest of Japan. Showman Kobayashi, now a multimillionaire, also owns theaters, restaurants, a baseball club and a movie company...