Word: snows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...EARLE R. SNOW...
...Yorkers, who disregard nature until it makes more noise than the subway, paid scant attention to the snow that was falling when they awakened one day last week. The day was almost mild (29°), the sky was a conservative shade of grey and the wind breathed as apologetically as a Japanese diplomat. The snowflakes themselves descended in a silent and orderly manner, like letters dropping down a mail chute in a good trust company. It was mid-afternoon before the average citizen began to notice how heavily the smothering snow was falling (it averaged 1.8 inches per hour...
...busses and trucks. Parkways were dotted with white mounds, each of which marked an abandoned automobile. Broadway's enormous electric signs made only a wan glow in the gloom. The Queen Mary, and other liners which had canceled sailings, hugged North River piers with their decks heaped with snow...
...Manchuria the Communists pressed their military advantage. Last week, only a month and a half after their fall offensive ended, they were hammering the approaches to Mukden again, despite four-foot snow and cold that dipped to 30° below zero. The Reds did not have to storm Mukden, it probably would be enough to keep the garrison cold and isolated for the big push next spring...
...could scarcely believe their eyes. There were two turkeys, a whole pig's head, great pieces of pork and ham and veal, a beef tongue, fruits, nuts, candy, piles of vegetables and a big jar of olives. Because Mme. Miville-Dechêne had done her shopping in snow-mantled Quebec City on Saturday, she had five days to get ready for la fête de Noël-first the big réveillon feast that would follow midnight Mass, and then le diner de Noë at 1 o'clock Christmas afternoon...