Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Typical of such frontier news sources, he discovered, is Churchill (pop. about 1,100), a fast-growing grain port and supply point for the strategically important eastern Arctic. Nearby Fort Churchill is a cold-weather proving ground for Canadian and U.S. military weapons, gear and clothing, and has been designated for next year as an observation station for the International Geophysical Year...
...Give us more ships; we'll take them through," shouted one pilot as he took his tanker into the cut. A second convoy of 29, the largest in months, headed north from the Red Sea entrance and arrived at Port Said right on schedule twelve hours later. The weather was perfect, sparing for the moment the inevitable trials of crosswinds and sandstorms that may provide the real test for Nasser's pledge to keep the canal functioning normally. Delighted with the first day's performance, President Nasser awarded the Egyptian Order of Merit to every pilot...
...over the favored Stevenson in Minnesota again demonstrated Kefauver's great strength in the farm states. After that the campaign got rougher-and the two men who are now running mates said things they wish they had swallowed. Directly or indirectly, Kefauver accused Stevenson of bossism, mudslinging, fair-weather liberalism, inconsistency on civil rights, and of being a "silver-platter candidate." Said Stevenson: "I find this very irksome." Then Stevenson charged Kefauver with neglecting his Senate duties. Said he: "There may be such a thing as wanting to be President too badly." Retorted Kefauver: "Mr. Stevenson is not talking...
...nation's earliest general election, Maine voters will toss their traditional straws into the political wind Sept. 10. Holding the attention of most of the weather-vane watchers is the race between Maine's first Democratic governor in 20 years, Edmund S. Muskie, 42, and his Republican challenger, Willis A. Trafton Jr., a wealthy, 37-year-old attorney from Auburn. Muskie has campaigned hard on a record that some of Maine's most influential newspapers, e.g., the independent Gannett chain, have found good, while Trafton has appealed largely to Maine's Republicanism. By campaigning with...
...Evans, Conner and Robert, has steadily hiked production to keep up with the soaring demand. Yet the distillery has steered clear of mass production, never grossed more than $14 million to $15 million annually. With traditional attention to detail, the staves of its barrels are still exposed to the weather for twelve months. Says Reagor Motlow: "You get green cooperage, and you're liable to get a persimmony taste in your whisky, God forbid...