Word: va
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eastern seaboard. During the periods of January to April 1953 and December 1953 to April 1954, Dr. Spar and his assistants at New York University selected 37 "meteorological situations." Ten hours ahead of the time that they thought the clouds would be ripe for seeding, they telephoned Norfolk, Va. When zero hour came, three planes flew parallel tracks, dropping trails of Dry Ice. Simultaneously, 17 ground generators, from Tampa, Fla. to New York City, filled the air with silver iodide particles. Guided by chance, the Norfolk seeders reserved 19 of the 37 situations as "controls," which were left unseeded...
Alexandria, Va...
Tense and terribly serious, the tall, tanned young (17) swimmer on the starting block took a couple of deep breaths, shook her head and shoulders with a nervous shrug and coiled into her starting crouch. At the gun, Shelley Mann, an Arlington, Va. schoolgirl, lit out in an angry, ungraceful crawl. Four laps and 58.7 seconds later, she slapped the pool wall, winner of the 100-yard final at the National A.A.U. Senior Women's Indoor Championships...
Stephan W. Booth, of Kirkland House and Falls Church, Va., winner of the Marshall Scholarship, will study English at Trinity College, Cambridge University...
...mushroomed building too rapidly, FHA has also rationed the number of loans it will insure, sometimes cutting builders' applications by as much as 90%. Private bankers are also tightening up, pressing for shorter terms on private loans. Last week a group of top insurance executives recommended that VA require a 5% down payment on loans and that it shorten the terms to 25 years; they also wanted FHA, which already requires 5% down on its loans, to boost payments...