Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...laid a blanket of fresh, wet snow on top. To the casual eye, it was beautiful. But the beauty was lost on officials at the Institute for Snow Research and Avalanches in Davos. Tests indicated that the new snow was not binding with the old. And when warm weather followed last week, and the snow began to melt, the warning flashed out quickly: "Lawine [Avalanche...
...dank, dark weather, Douglas Mac-Arthur's body arrived in Manhattan...
...aircraft overrunning a runway is very unusual," commented the Federal Aviation Agency's regional director, Oscar Bakke. "But three at once! I just don't recall anything like it." All of the three planes were making landings in rainy weather. The Pan Am flight, coming in on ILS guidance, apparently strayed from the glide path and came in high and too far down the runway. "Aquaplaning" - a phenomenon in which a thin film of water can delay the point at which a plane's wheels touch the concrete of the run way - is suspected to have been...
Last week, on the eve of the annual Miami-to-Nassau powerboat race, billed as "the most rugged ocean race in the world," the forecast was for 15-to 22-knot winds and steep seas with 2-ft. to 6-ft. crests. "Good," said Bertram. "In rough weather, everything comes into play-hull design, engines, even the crew. The question is whether the crew can take the pounding...
Although a bit rattled by the unexpected good weather, the varsity lacrosse team edged Holy Cross, 7-4, on an overtime goal by Tiak Gunnoe yesterday...