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There were living things in the valley: herds of cattle and horses and sheep, with dogs and Arabs tending them. And above them there was the occasional flutter of a sparrow or the swoop of a hawk. Over head the sky was bright with patches of creamy cloud. This was a valley to which men could come for peace...
...were heading for China a miracle of tail winds sprang up behind us, pushing us along to the west. The ceiling over the China Sea began at about 800 feet, dropped occasionally to zero while the planes were intermittently on instruments. Now & then through a cloud we would see a myriad of Chinese fishing junks careening gently along through shallow waters...
...down to 60 below or less. Actually a drop of 47° below ground temperature is the greatest yet recorded. On a foggy night the moisture blanket prevents radiation and there is no drop in the thermometer. On a partly cloudy night the thermometer records the passage of clouds, rises as much as 20° within four minutes when a cloud passes over. The molecules of water in the air, whether as droplets or as invisible humidity, reflect heat waves from the ground and give higher readings on the thermometer...
...last two weeks of August at Bread Loaf Inn near Middlebury, Vermont, to criticize and discuss each other's poems, short stories, articles, and novels. Louis Untermeyer, Robert Frost, and Bernard De Voto are on the staff. Morrison has himself published several volumes of verse, including "Serpent in the Cloud," 1931, and "Notes on Life and Death...
...faking and spinning. The good correspondent goes overside with the troops, crawls up the ridge to the command post, cajoles himself into the bomber, bums a ride in the General's jeep. The photographer is there with his tripod, his fast-action film; he is there with a cloud filter for the dogfight in the stratosphere; there with a flash bulb in the bloody alley where the body lies...