Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ridge currents-winds deflected upward by ridges or cliffs-are less challenging. They are "ridden" on the windward side of a ridge or cliff. Waves are formed when a steady wind blows over a mountain and forms vast smooth currents of undulating air that may lift a glider to an altitude ten times higher than the mountain. The altitude record was made in 1961 when Paul Bikle soared in a Schweizer 1-23E from 3,964 ft. to 46,267 ft. in a wave over the Mojave Desert...
...just as quickly as the drop started, it stopped. I seemed to have control of the kite and was in relatively smooth flight. Then I dipped again, plummeting toward the mountain, only to be 'rescued' by an updraft. It was as if the wind was playing with us, tossing us around like dandelion seeds. I would talk to my kite: 'Come on, baby, hang in there...
...igloo which they built turned out to be quite sufficient. After two days of soup and Hershey's chocolate bars, the sky cleared and the wind subsided enough to allow the weary and half-frozen igloo-dwellers to find their way back down to Crag's. Dinner--which had been prepared two days before by the party member who had remained at Crag's--was hot and ready for serving when the rest of the group staggered into camp...
...soon, some factories will have to close, either for lack of heat, a paucity of fuel to run machines or shortages of petroleum-based raw materials as disparate as chemicals, plastics and textiles. Says Associate U.S. Budget Director John Sawhill: "Sure, the Government can ration oil, but we could wind up rationing steel, aluminum and other things as well." Evaporating gasoline supplies could put a further painful dent in auto sales; car sales in October fell 11.4%. Less travel, the result of diminished auto traffic and cuts in airline schedules, will hurt hotels, restaurants and the producers of such leisure...
...then) near-record-breaking $800,000, the deal was made much of in the world of publishing which goes on forlornly hoping that cash and quality must somehow be linked. Coleman was naturally hailed as a new Margaret Mitchell. One might, as accurately, compare Gone With the Wind to War and Peace...