Word: warm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buildings and Grounds people have never professed a talent for weather ciphering, yet it is currently engaged in an experiment that must be scientific, or at least controlled. The warm air brings both insects and open windows, and the combined disaster is easily predicted. Our theory is that the University is waiting to trap the bugs inside the rooms yet unscreened...
Things really warm up in the big city...
...Karpovich, however, said no. Indeed he said it again and again during the next two weeks, and finally agreed to make the trip only after his friend promised that they would return within a few months. "Don't bother to bring any heavy clothes," the ambassador advised. "Washington is warm in the summer, and we'll be back before winter...
Washington was warm during 1917, but things were decidedly hotter in Petrograd. On the night of October 24 Lenin and a well-organized group of Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and proclaimed themselves the new rulers of Russia. News of the revolt shocked the whole world, but it positively astounded the members of the Russian embassy in Washington. On the next day Karpovich himself decoded a cable from Trotsky, in which the Bolshevik leader said that if the diplomats there would recognize the new regime they might continue to represent Russia, but if not, would they please vacate the embassy...
...rays has been put on the market by Cleveland's Perfection Industries, Inc. The portable Infra-Rayhead Heater burns gas through tiny holes in ceramic plates, quickly developing surface temperatures of 1,400° to 1,600° F., which in turn emit infra-red rays that warm nearby objects without heating the intervening air. Its operation is inexpensive; a 100-lb. tank of liquefied petroleum gas provides 150 hours of heating. Possible uses: protecting crops from frost, heating large factories. Price: $90 for small size...