Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Observation Terrace, two dead bats were picked up. How bats navigate over long distances is not known, but their sonar apparatus (high-frequency sound-wave ranging) generally keeps them clear of even small obstacles like twigs or wires. There are few records of bat-crashes in instrument-flying weather, but two years ago bats began to pile into the Empire State. Terres thinks that the cluster of television antennae on the building may have something to do with it. The power of the antennae has increased recently and broadcasting has continued late into the night. This may be the time...
Following a suggestion from Terres, the U.S. Weather Bureau has put blue filters on ceilometer projectors at the Knoxville and Nashville, Tenn. airports. Most night migrating birds see blue light poorly. By the end of the present migration season, Terres hopes to report that his filters helped birds to reach their Southern objectives without unscheduled and fatal stops in Tennessee...
...Always Fair Weather. A sharp little musical that needles TV; with Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd (TIME, Sept...
...market a fortnight ago, took another blow last week. The cause: an estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that, despite a 14% acreage cut ordered this year to shore up prices, the 1955 cotton crop will be 2% bigger than 1954's 13,696,000 bales. Good weather, increased use of fertilizer and close planting had boosted productivity; the average acre, by the department's estimate, would yield a "fantastic" 405 lbs. v. 341 last year and an average of 279 in the ten-year postwar period. Promptly, Secretary Benson announced another cut in cotton plantings...
...Always Fair Weather. A sharp little musical that needles TV-without trying, of course, to burst the Electronic Bubble; with Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd (TIME, Sept...