Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cold did not stop the children's play. Remembering those days in her autobiography,* she exulted: "Wintertime! When zero stands at 25 or 30, when we cannot deny the pleasure of skating till we have bumped heads, and bleedy noses, and the ice is like glass. Oh what joy and pleasure as we get together, to go for the Christmas tree, what air castles we build as we slide down the hill, who can rebuild what we see on that Christmas tree. Oh, those days of childhood...
...decided to go into business with Ishikawajima, which had built engines for Zero fighters during the war, and postwar had switched some of its machines into the manufacture of textile machinery. Koehring Co. took one-fourth of the stock in the new company and a royalty of 5% on gross sales. In return, it gave its technical help, and undertook to train Japanese technicians in the U.S. Since then, the company has turned out $1,000,000 worth of cement-handling equipment, increased its backlog...
...midwestern parts of the country are almost entirely frozen. Below zero temperatures were reported yesterday from Arkansas, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and North Dakota. Frost was reported in most of the southern states, and temperatures dipped to 35 on the southern tip of Florida...
...they are very news-conscious, and I find that over a cup of coffee at the 'Café' is the best time to put in a plug for the magazine. One factor that I run into selling TIME is the weather. In winter the thermometer stays below zero 90% of the time, and getting to classes is a big problem to all students. However, sales always rise in the winter, for it is the best time to read TIME and catch up on current events...
...reach high altitude with a minimum expenditure of fuel), Crossfield nosed over and flew practically level under full power. The machmeter, which measures speed in multiples of the speed of sound, went slightly above Mach 2. With the air temperature down to about 67° below zero F., this meant that Crossfield was flying at 1,327 m.p.h. (the speed of sound at that temperature is 660 m.p.h.). Bridgeman's best speed in the Skyrocket: 1,238 m.p.h...