Word: sunsets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hours in actual duration. It covered some 110° of longitude, 45° of latitude, beginning in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa at dawn. Traveling in a northeasterly direction-into regions where the day was more advanced-it crossed the Equator, swung eastward, ended at sunset in the Pacific Ocean between Guam and New Guinea. Although a partial phase of the eclipse was visible in parts of Africa, southern Asia and a large part of Oceania, totality (where the full shadow of the moon fell upon the earth's surface) was over the ocean except...
Talkies will now be available in the following mood-colors worked out at the Eastman Laboratories: 1) Rose Dorce ("sensuousness and passion . . . amorous, romantic and exotic"); 2) Peachblow (''feminine beauty . . . the glow of life"); 3) Afterglow ("dawn and sunset scenes, interiors of luxury"); 4) Firelight ("intimate home relationships, mild affection"), 5) Candleflame ("mild mood reactions . . . feelings of coziness, comfort . . . peace and plenty without opulence"); 6) Sunshine ("mildly stimulating"); 7) Verdante ("youth, freshness, unsophistication, innocence . . . only slightly warm, but definitely not cold"); 8) Aquagreen ("cool lakes in the northwoods"); 9) Turquoise ("peace, tranquility . . . calm tropical seas'"); 10) Azure...
...Every week on the Texas is full of interesting activities and almost every week brings some unusually important visitor. During the past 12 months three Presidents, a large number of cabinet members and foreign diplomats have visited the Texas. Just about sunset last Wednesday, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the famous Flying Colonel, came aboard. The Colonel had dinner with Admiral Wiley, Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Fleet, and after dinner attended the movies. When the Colonel appeared at the movies 'All Hands' gave him a good hand. The Colonel waved his hand but begged off when asked...
...sunset over the hills of Valley Forge this afternoon was by far more beautiful than the combined charms of. "Zig's" gallery or perhaps even Hank himself...
...sunset of an old administration is generally a strange, distorted hour. Shadows are longest then and the last red glimmer of official prestige is at its richest. Would the President-Elect eclipse the outgoing President? Probably not, for Mr. Hoover is ever cautious. He will sequester himself in his S street home, strive to cast no shadows at all. ¶Mr. Hoover and his party skipped all over southern Florida last week. Bad weather drove him back from his west coast tarpon fishing. He inspected the Okeechobee flood area, saw tent colonies, praised sugar cane and truck growing...