Word: cloudly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
General Yount's fledgling pilots had to learn that a cumulonimbus cloud should be regarded as a red traffic light of the air lanes, because it means rough air thunder storms, sometimes hail. But even after they memorized cloud forms until they could recite them in their sleep, they could not learn a proper respect for weather until they stuck their noses into trouble. That took time...
...glamour girls OPA addressed a communiqué: "Such long-established practices as sending up clouds of powder during camouflage operations, scooping up huge handfuls of cold cream, spraying a cloud of perfume to walk through must go." There won't be enough cosmetics to go around unless make-up is applied with a sparing hand...
...White Cloud, a 60-ft. cutter owned by Detroit's Charles E. Sorensen: the 35th annual Chicago-to-Mackinac yacht race, world's longest fresh-water race; in her first try; outsailing 24 other Class A cruising entries and finishing eleven hours ahead of her nearest rival. A recent refugee from East Coast racing, White Cloud made the 331 miles (steamer route) in 38 hr. 14 min. 5 sec., fastest time since 1911. Absent from the helm was Owner Sorensen, Ford's production chief, too busy to take three days off even for his favorite pastime...
Night raids on Germany were not enough. The R.A.F. had found daylight raids both necessary and feasible. Necessary because the wait for light cloud-covered bombing nights grew too long while the sands of the Red army trickled away and shipping off the U.S. took a terrible licking. Feasible because Britain's newest four-motored bombers, snub-nosed Lancasters, could get up enough speed, carrying several tons of bombs, to raid Germany and return with conservative losses. On three successive days last week Lancasters and slower, longer-ranged Sterlings swept over the Ruhr to paste steel mills, factories, electric...
...other targets. Other squadrons simultaneously attacked Flensburg, another U-boat spawning ground at the Danish-German frontier. Unofficial statements that three bombers missing from the operation constituted a loss of less than 5% was indication that something over 60 bombers took part in the attack, aided by a cloud cover over the target areas...