Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...billionaire was traveling by air between Chicago and Tulsa and his plane ran into a tornado, he has been scared. "It was the most frightening thing that ever happened to me," he confided last week to the London Daily Mail, adding that the pilot had not seen such weather in 26 years. Since then Getty has had to rely on such humdrum transport as yachts, private railroad cars and limousines. But safety can be monotonous, and when Getty decided to move permanently from England to his Malibu, Calif., estate this spring, he took his life in his hands. "I will...
...Washington Star-News voted to go on a four-day week, at four days' pay, in order to avoid the elimination of 100 jobs. WTTG-TV, Washington's Metromedia outlet, cut its budget by $500,000 this year and laid off a reporter and a weather forecaster. At Hugh Hefner's Playboy Enterprises, six of Out magazine's 35 editorial employees received notice two weeks ago; the company has a freeze on hiring and raises, and Hef himself has taken a 25% pay cut, from...
Skiers, skaters and snowmobile jockeys have inflated the audience for winter weather. A smaller, more select group of frosted sportsmen also follows snow bulletins with fascination: the men who hitch Huskies to light wood rigs and mush across wilderness trails in sled-dog races. From the White Mountains of New Hampshire through the Upper Midwest snow belt to Alaska, a cadre of dog sledders has been reviving the arcane sport for thrills and profit. TIME Correspondent Richard Woodbury visited Ely, Minn., to cover the Sixth All-American Sled-Dog Championships. His report...
High point of this week (or maybe next week, or perhaps the week after): On the first weakened day, or Washington's birthday, with what is called "appropriate weather conditions, the institute of Contemporary Art will sponsor a Snow Sculpture Competition on the Esplanade. I'm writing this on Tuesday, snow is forecast for Wednesday, but the way this winter's been going, I have little faith in WE6-1212. So, if it ever does snow, there'll be prizes, and it's open to all ages...
Vasco McCoy, Jr. '49 said yesterday he donated the chair "to educate people and discover knowledge." McCoy is interested in weather because it affects his commodities speculations, he said...