Word: yellow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...distinguish--among other feats--the color green from yellow...
Three hundred years did the rest. Daylight turned to yellow torchlight or faded out altogether. Some of Captain Cocq's men vanished into the night. Visitors to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum praised the painting to the skies for its golden glow, its mysterious, impenetrable shadows. Reportedly it was Sir Joshua Reynolds who dubbed it "Night Watch," and the name stuck...
...Coast Guard barracks, the old hotel ago, had become a shabby, bare, dirty building, badly in need of new wiring and plumbing in places, as ell as a complete paint job. Kemtoned throughout in the interior, the rooms have been transformed by Harvard into green, yellow, and rose-colored suites; wiring was double-checked, new piping was installed; windows and doors were repaired, and the heating system was prepared for a New England winter...
...Large yellow patches that appeared yesterday morning on the ceiling of Dunster House Dining Room were explained later in the day by following a moist trail that led to the House Secretary's office on the third floor...
...species were studied: Aëdes aegypti (which carries yellow fever) and Anopheles quadrimaculatus (malaria). Aëdes males responded best to a mating call of 350-750 vibrations per second; Anopheles preferred a lower range (320-480). In spite of overlapping of ranges, no male made passes at a female of the wrong species. The Army's conclusion: a female mosquito must have other attractions than...