Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recovered from his recent illness, Pope Pius XII went for a ride in a transparent automobile. This car, the Pontiff's own idea, was built in Turin of crystal glass on a 1954 U.S. Chrysler chassis. Purpose: to let people see the Pope full-length, even in inclement weather (he feels that frequent public appearances are necessary to forestall rumors about his health...
...testing grounds on the Nevada desert last week, fallout was a key consideration. For four days in a row, the AEC postponed the scheduled first shot in a new series of tests-the explosion of an "atomic device" atop a 500-ft. tower. On the first scheduled test day, weather calculations showed that the radioactive cloud from a dawn explosion would be passing over the town of Caliente, Nev. (pop. 1,000), about 50 miles away, at about the time schoolchildren were standing on the street corners waiting for buses. For the next three days, there were similar problems. Actually...
...People may think it's an easy job," said Norman Hagen, a bureau planning official, "but it isn't." He could not use names of states (Georgia) or cities (Charlotte, Myrtle) or months (May. June), or names indicating weather (Gail) or time of day (Dawn...
...George R. Stewart's 1941 novel, Storm, a young meteorologist named the low-pressure areas on his map after girls (the stormiest: Maria). The U.S. Weather Bureau has since tagged feminine names on hurricanes. This year, to avoid repeating the names of three memorable 1954 hurricanes (Carol, Edna and Hazel), the bureau decided on a new list of names...
...cold in Florida that the mink stoles and silver-fox jackets were not just for show. But while the weather was cold, the betting was hot. Eleven miles as the helicopter flies from Miami's glossy, crowded ocean-front hotels stands spacious Hialeah, overrun by footsore fugitives from crammed Northern tracks. Last week Hialeah presented one of the biggest, CinemaScopiest spectacles to be found on any U.S. race track...