Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Microscope. 5. Weather-predicting instrument...
...morning of June 30, early risers in most of the U.S. and Canada, weather permitting, may see at least a partial solar eclipse. The path of totality (i.e., the ground covered by the tip of the moon's pointed shadow) will start in northeastern Nebraska, where the sun will be blotted out by the moon just as it rises. A little later, at 5:08 a.m., C.S.T., the shadow will sweep at 3,000 m.p.h. over Minneapolis, where totality will last 1 min. 10 sec. Then it will cross Lake Superior and head for Labrador, just grazing the southern...
Under normal conditions, Cogny could not long hold out without substantial reinforcement. The French are still counting on the weather. IndoChina's heavy rains will commence around July i. the Delta will flood, and both sides will have to stick to the roads or contend with a shoulder-high quagmire...
...Britain, where the month of June holds the best prospect of good weather, Queen Elizabeth II, who actually turned 28 last April, celebrated her official birthday in the old monarchic tradition. Sitting sidesaddle on a big chestnut horse named Winston, and decked out in the scarlet and blue uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Coldstream Guards, she watched the Trooping the Color ceremony on London's Horse Guards parade ground. Later, the Queen proclaimed the fifth honors list of her reign. Among the 2,500 British and Commonwealth citizens on the roster: old (80) Author Somerset Maugham...
...Germany last week, they were blaming radar for leading wild birds and homing pigeons astray. During a recent race of 8,000 British pigeons, nearly all of the contestants disappeared on a 210-mile course between Wales and Northern Ireland. Such "catastrophe flights" are normally blamed on bad weather, but the German ornithologists say that they are commoner now than they used to be. A pigeon race near Karlsruhe lost 3,500 out of 6,000 entries. Of 2,500 Bavarian pigeons, only six crossed the finish line...