Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many Red spies coming to light at once?* Whenever one great power has a big espionage roundup, as Russia did last May in the trial of Russian Scientist Oleg Penkovsky, who turned out to be a longtime Western agent, spies elsewhere brace themselves for a period of rough weather. Furthermore, there is a seasonal factor involved; summer is the traditional time to put the finger on spies. Around the end of June, many Communist "diplomats" prepare to go home for vacations and new instructions. Having had an eye on them already, the FBI then often decides to pounce and expose...
Sheldon found the party on his third sortie, after the first two had been thwarted by heavily overcast weather. Another plane, piloted by Lowell Thomas Jr., son of the commentator, had also been searching for the mountaineers...
...keep out infection. To protect the oryxes from unfamiliar thorns, all cacti except giant saguaros have been removed, and the thorns of the saguaros have been clipped to a height above the reach of an oryx. Every day the zoo fills out a sheet for each animal, listing weather, temperature, food and water consumed, bowel movements, breeding (none so far). The little world herd seems to be doing fine, although Caroline, the female from London, suffered at first from the Arizona heat. Edith may be pregnant, but it did not happen in Phoenix. Until the oryxes are fully acclimated...
...says Author Viansson-Ponté, "and has at various times, it is said, succeeded in keeping out of the government people suspected of marital infidelity." At luncheon at De Gaulle's country home in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises, "Mme. de Gaulle asks about the road, talks about the weather, the general. The general asks about the road, talks about the weather, himself." With its planted questions and prepared answers, a De Gaulle press conference is like "a High Mass, sung." The resignation of a Gaullist who has outlived his usefulness is "an order; it is not disputed...
...nationwide move by amusement parks to take the people for a ride. And the take is good: amusement parks show a healthy upswing of attendance this summer. Says Editor Irwin Kirby of the trade's Amusement Business, "It looks like one hell of a season if the weather just gives these boys a break...