Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most observers felt last week that winter weather and Leftist knowledge of his plans had forced El Caudillo to drop a major offensive on the Aragon Front against Barcelona, that the Rightist offensive when it comes will much more likely be along the Mediterranean coast in the south: first on Almeria, then Valencia, then Barcelona...
Conquerors of the Arctic (filmed by Mark Troyanovsky;* released by Amkino) films the conquest of the North Pole last May (TIME, May 31) by airmen and scientists of the Soviet Union. It follows the grim fight of determined men against howling Arctic weather, flies with them via Rudolf Island to the Pole itself, recording the weird tracery of the shifting ice pack as it appears from the air. At the Pole it shows the comrades jubilant, efficient, comfortable. They brush teeth, sluice bearded faces in the angled brightness of the Arctic sun, build an igloo settlement complete with electric lights...
Cheaper rates and continued good flying weather draw eight to ten men every afternoon to the Intercity Airlines' Boston field, where club members fly, Davis said. Twelve members now hold private or commercial licenses; the rest have student licenses, preliminary permits which beginners must obtain...
...last portion of the flight which rendered the reception of radio range signals unintelligible. 2) The continuation of the flight into mountainous country at an altitude below the higher mountains without the aid of ground visibility or radio signals to definitely identify position. 3) A change in the weather caused by the approach of an unpredicted cold front." In spite of this official reticence, members of the board "unofficially" hinted to reporters that they believed the pilot was to blame...
...sermon yesterday before a Memorial Church filled to capacity (at least 50 people standing), despite the disagreeable weather, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick of the Riverside Church in New York City emphasized the value of the dependable character, a "fixed point in a changing...