Word: winterized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been unseasonably moist and June unreasonably cool, but this week New York City's 7,795,471 residents finally read unmistakable signposts of an impending weather change - and with it a threat of sociological change. Shortened were Manhattan's winter skyscraper shadows; the tall towers of stone, glass and burnished metal reached upward nearly shadowless under the hazy midday...
...American Shakespeare Festival, at Stratford, Conn., will present Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Winter's Tale throughout the summer. The third play, however, will not be performed until July 20, and will appear thereafter at scattered dates, with its last performance on August...
...computers at major traffic centers to keep track of each plane, guide it safely along the airways. By mid-1959 CAA hopes to have computer centers at New York, Washington, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit, add new cities at the rate of six each year. But by next winter, when the first big jets start whistling along the already crowded airways, there will be only one computer operating for certain, and that one on an experimental basis in Indianapolis...
...last of British wartime rationing, in effect since World War II began in 1939, will disappear next month: household coal, used in millions of living-room grates to add warmth, cheer and smog to the British winter, will henceforth be available without restriction...
Anarchy prevailed. After a long winter of weight lifting and wind sprints, Christine brightened Wimbledon's No. 1 court with the finest tennis of her short career. Her powerful forehand was unbeatable, her sliced backhand was too cute for Althea to handle, her serve had a vicious hop. And as her confidence grew, her shots sharpened. She ran Althea off the court, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. It was the decisive match; Christine and her teammates forthwith walked off with the Wightman Cup (4-3) for the first time in 28 years...