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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Syracuse party. The Club, aided by excellent weather conditions, covered the ground in only three day's Only one other group before them was able to do it in this time. Presently, however, high winds, a vicious blizzard, zero visibility, and an extremely heavy ice pack which blankets the upper half of the White Mountains are hampering the search effort, which involves an estimated 50 searchers...
Corning says that its dark-light glass is still in the laboratory stage, but it is no mere scientific stunt, and Corning men are working hard on practical applications. Some possibilities: windows to keep solar light and heat out of air-conditioned buildings, auto windshields with an upper section treated to fend off glare by day and turn transparent when the sun is not shining, and sunglasses able automatically to adjust their density to light conditions...
Imported Snow. Ski resorts have learned to cope with such whims of nature. Off to the upper Alps trooped 3,000 Austrian soldiers, with orders to bring back snow or else. They brought back tons of the stuff-in trucks, in earth movers, in wicker baskets slung on their backs. Some 40,000 cubic meters were dumped on the ski courses; another 20,000 cubic meters were set aside for "emergency withdrawals." Six huge snowmaking machines, imported from the U.S., worked night and day, spraying ice crystals on the bobsled and sled runs. Finally, last week, Austria...
...good. But the sun still shone brightly, temperatures climbed into the upper 30s and each day more of the imported snow melted away. To protect what little was left, Austrian officials refused to allow Alpine skiers to train on the Olympic slopes. "They can have all the practice they want," said one, "but not on the official courses...
...invoking the perpetually Edwardian world of the British upper-class family, where Nanny's always Nanny and nobody dares call her Nan, Pamela Frankau has performed what must by now be almost a ritually required act for all female British authors. Despite this, the Weston children's summer opens onto satisfyingly sunny uplands of the past. Predictably arch and fey and charming, the characters are nevertheless conveyed with a kind of loving concern that can make even a relative seem momentarily fascinating...