Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long lifetime he produced nearly 20,000 watercolors and drawings-mountaintops, battle scenes, romantic castles, lakes and seas. He was fascinated by weather; few experiences pleased him more than to be out in a small boat in a storm. "That's fine! That's fine!" he would cry every time a big wave tossed the boat aloft. He drew on foot, on horseback and on trains, was outraged when the conductor would not hold the train long enough for him to complete a sketch: "Damn the fellow. He has no feeling!" His work was championed by such...
...Surveyors. As the weather thickened, De Gaulle was reported ready to put the question of Algerian peace to a referendum in France. At week's end he sent Defense Minister Pierre Messmer and Armed Forces Chief General Paul Ely to Algeria to survey prospects for a unilateral cease-fire and to inform the army that the destination is ultimately an independent republic...
...seat arena above and a 1,000-seat arena below. A third building will house a two-level restaurant; the spacious second- story mall will contain a skating rink and outdoor swimming pool, with a bowling alley and parking for 3,000 cars underneath. In cold-weather months, the rink and pool will be covered by a blue-tinted plastic roof held up by air pressure...
...president of U.S. Gypsum. He built it into one of the biggest U.S. building-material suppliers, and, convinced in the late '20's that the U.S. economy was headed for a depression, so prepared U.S. Gypsum to weather it that the company was able to show a profit every year...
...look more than an hour and a half for Kennedy's motorcade to reach the Garden. Despite the 31-degree weather, the crowd was at least eight deep at almost every point. At Washington and Winter Sts., there was literally no room for any more people to stand. On School St., cars were backed up, unable to move through the crowds...