Word: warm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...general, they smelled a tornado when a layer of warm, moist air was covered by a layer of cool, dry air. The wind had to be strong and in the right direction, and the warm air at the surface had to be subject to a strong lifting action. When these conditions (and more subtle ones) coincided, a tornado was likely to lick out from the black center of a cloud...
...building," Reuther said later, "and it became so cold that it was unbearable. Powers Hapgood, the organizer, and myself crawled on our bellies along the railroad tracks to go beyond the Army lines, and told state officials that the men planned to start fires in an attempt to keep warm. The heat was turned on and the lights were turned off. Again we went out and reported to officials that the men planned to make torches of oil-soaked waste rags. The lights were lighted again." After 44 days, the U.A.W. won the strike, organized General Motors and within...
Frost traveled tirelessly over the province, delivering warm, neighborly talks to the voters, steadily spreading his reputation as a man of good will by studiously refraining from sharp criticism or controversy with his opponents. Said he: "I have endeavored 'never to be harsh with people." The voters evidently like his friendly manner; plenty of them went right on voting Liberal in national elections, but when Les Frost ran in his" own league, they gave him landslide majorities...
Initial get-together parties were varied yesterday, ranging from the opening symposium in Sanders to the "warm up" sessions for all age groups in the evening...
...winter had been unseasonably warm in spots and had prevented the freshman hockey team from playing either of its first two games. But 1930 had managed to trounce Andover, 7 to 0, in the first game it did play...