Word: weather
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...handsome, erect woman ("My grandmother always told me: 'Stand tall and spurn the earth' ") with a weather-tanned face, Mrs. Bowring flew back to the ranch after the announcement "to kiss the cattle goodbye." Said she, with a characteristic twinkle: "They're about the only ones interested in kissing me any more." For her introduction to Washington, she adopted a rancher's formula: "I'm going to ... ride the fence awhile . . . until I find where the gates...
...first two Red offensives: ammunition shortage. Red Chinese-directed flak forced French transport aircraft to come in so high that a sizable portion of parachuted equipment drifted into" the Red lines and helped supply the enemy. Fifteen to 20 French planes have been lost. Last week good flying weather enabled the French to conquer their supply crisis...
...Night & by Heart. Briggs Cunningham, whose years of yachting, flying and racing have given him piercing eyes and a weather-beaten face of fine, light, top-grain leather, stood close by his speedsters in Palm Beach this week overseeing the work of the Cunningham mechanics. With Le Mans seven weeks away, the cars are in various stages of reassembly. Two of them, veterans of last year's Le Mans, are being rebuilt from the engine blocks up. All their moving parts, and most of their other parts, will be new: pistons, rods, cylinder heads, crankshafts, valves, rings, water pumps...
...program is also big (125,000 students in 188 colleges, 1,400 officer-instructors), but operates on a relatively low budget ($13 million). It has been harassed by cutbacks and constant changes in curriculum. The Air Force gives no flight training to undergraduates, instead concentrates on classroom instruction (aerodynamics, weather, Air Force administration), devotes 99 hours to the role of air power and its history. Started in 1947 as a program for ground specialists, the A.F.R.O.T.C. was built up by 1951 to turn out 27,000 officers a year for a 143-wing Air Force. With authorized strength down...
Long-range weather forecasters predict partly cloudy skies, moderate northeast winds, and temperatures around 55 degrees. The afternoon's tour de force covers a mile and three-quarters upstream from the Longfellow bridge to the M.I.T. boathouse. The first race between the Crimson and M.I.T. 150-pound freshman crews begins at 3 P.M. and the next five are scheduled to follow at half-hour intervals...