Word: warmly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...World War II, the U.S. citizen had plenty to worry him: Russia, prices, the fear of a depression and the damned atom hung like grey fog just in back of his everyday thoughts. But when he got into his car and hit the highway on a warm spring day he felt no pain...
...substituting a single indoor drainpipe) did away with outside gutters and drains. Despite such practical advantages, traditionalists might object that the tilting roof gave the inside of the house a slightly seasick air. Like the exterior walls, the ceilings were largely finished with unpainted cypress siding, which had a warm, luxurious look. The floors were of bluestone flagging and designed for radiant heating coils. Breuer, whose knack of combining materials to bring out all their best qualities is much admired by fellow architects, had taken the cold-stone curse off the floors with rugs of hemp matting...
...most parts of North America the warm, smoggy air would continue to rise and the winds would disperse it. But Los Angeles' upper air, instead of getting progressively cooler at higher levels, has a peculiar temperature inversion. There is a warm layer, usually at 1,000 to 3,000 ft., which sits on the smog. Prevailing winds from the Pacific High cannot readily blow the heavy cloud away to the east because of the mountains which half ring the city...
...Under a warm sun, Stratford-upon-Avon was stirring to life last week. White swans and yellow punts rippled on the gentle blue Avon, and along its turfy banks, lovers lolled and plum trees flowered. But for the Warwickshire town's 13,000 citizens there was a surer sign of the season: the wheels were turning again in Stratford's $3,000,000-a-year tourist industry...
Those who survived the wind-swept course received a warm welcome on the shores of Lake Waban. There were girls and lemonade waiting, plenty to eat and drink. After the afternoon sports of hiking, canoeing, and baseball, dates were available for the hardy...