Word: watered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ferraud "felt a terrible cracking" under him. Hastily grabbing his child from bed, he sprinted with his wife for high ground. Moments later, Malpasset Dam burst in shards like a flower pot, and a wall of water 25 ft. high swept down the valley at 50 miles an hour, washing trees, houses, vehicles and people towards the sea. When the flood smashed down on Fréjus, the old Roman part of the city was largely spared, but the thickly populated western sector went under...
...Water for Life. The data the scientists brought back to Dr. Strong proved worth the 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...
...minutes, a Navy patrol plane found the capsule bouncing on a rough sea, and in two hours after launch, the destroyer Borie picked it out of the water Opening the capsule itself was no problem but Monkey Sam had to stay in his inner package for four hours more, because Bone's officers did not dare tamper with its mysterious workings and high seas prevented transfer of the package to the task force's mother ship. Finally, guided by radioed instructions, the Borie's men gingerly opened the package. They found Sam the monkey "alive and kicking...
...recount of ballots cast in the Nov. 3 municipal election has shown that advocates of fluoridation of the City's water supply won their case, 16,069 to 16,027. This result enlarged the earlier 21 vote margin that had served as a basis for the recount petition...
...cake frosting. Oscar Mayer has just put on sale a complete pizza mix in a tube; National Dairy this fall began selling liquid instant coffee in an Aerosol can. Seabrook Farms and others put out casserole dishes in plastic bags that can be tossed whole into a pot of water, cooked and served. Before long, Tropicana will introduce concentrated orange drink in an Aerosol can that automatically dispenses a teaspoon at a time for mixing...