Word: snowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seven hours after takeoff, Siple's plane was nearing 90° south, the point at which all meridians converge, from which all directions are north-the mathematical bottom of the earth. A featureless snow desert stretched away into a glittering white nothingness below. Then, incongruously, there was sudden evidence of man and the machine age. Tracks cut deep into the snow marked the routes of skiers, sledges, tractors and ski planes. Where they converged was a cluster of orange and tan huts and mechanized equipment...
Three inches of snow fell unexpectedly on Cambridge yesterday, but were converted rapidly into a gray morass of slush after a steady rainfall last night...
...Weather Bureau predicted that the rain will continue through tonight. The Bureau expects skiing to be good this weekend, since two to five more inches of snow are expected in the Berkshire area...
Joseph Dunphy, Commissioner of Public Works, also agreed with Vellucci's proposal, claiming that it would facilitate snow removal and street cleaning by keeping one side of each street clear of cars during the night...
...hard and well as a one-woman office staff for Local 2227 of the United Steelworkers in the tough steel town of West Mifflin, Pa. But last week, bundled in long underwear and layers of sweaters, coats and scarves, Dolores trudged up and down in biting winds and swirling snow before her employer's shabby office bearing a defiant placard: "On Strike." Her complaint was that the union would not let her keep her job if she married a construction worker named Victor Bosnak...