Word: vapor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trouble. Inscribed on a thin strip of wax paper were spectroscopic readings of the light from Venus. They showed that when the sun's light passes through Venus' atmosphere, certain infra-red lines are partially absorbed, providing dramatic evidence that Venus' cloudy atmosphere contains water vapor...
experience vapor. An executive fog from which the boss can see with amazing clarity. See BUSINESS, The Greeting Card King...
...assortment. He keeps constant tab on the profit sharing, health insurance, hours and pay of his some 5.000 employees, even inspects the food served in the company cafeteria. When he rejects something, he is liable to do it without giving reasons, says only that his decisions come from "the vapor of experience." Out of this fog has come an almost uninterrupted string of correct answers on what cards the fickle U.S. public will buy. "I have a hard time explaining why." says Hall. "But I know-there's something in the past years that's telling...
...flying object was reported by residents along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Maine. According to one Cambridge observer it appeared traveling at meteoric speed from the south, seemed to pause over Kenmore Square, then drifted slowly toward Boston, trailing two glowing streams of vapor...
...Moscow time, the Lunik emitted a cloud of sodium vapor. It was too low in the east for good observation in Western Europe, but several Soviet observatories reported seeing it. The cloud gave an accurate check of the course, and presently the Russians announced that Lunik II would actually hit the moon at 12:05 a.m. on Monday Moscow time (5:05 p.m. E.D.T. Sunday...