Word: cloudly
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...cloud Ambassador Harvey created by his speech at the Pilgrims' dinner was soon dissipated by his happy allusions to the Prince of Wales at a dinner given by the American University Union in London...
...Mixed metaphors," a sage declares, "are defensible as long as they show fertility rather than poverty of imagination." No doubt W. L. Geroge is a genius; this masterpiece is from one of his novels; "The cloud that tried to stab their happiness was only a false rumor whose bitter taste could not shatter the radiance nor dim the effervescence of their...
...past succeeded in producing rain in the space of a week they were highly esteemed, and considered as ornaments to their profession. But even the most sanguine of them did not expect to have their prayers answered in ten minutes--unless, perhaps, they had previously noticed a thunder-cloud gathering on the horizon. In the future, however, "rainstorms to order" will be regarded as commonplace...
...laws of electricity, but to the layman the whole affair remains "miraculous": The aeroplane carried a cargo of about eighty pounds of sand grains which were charged with static electricity by means of a wind driven generator. At a height of 500 feet above the tops of the cloud, these sand particles were scattered abroad by the propeller, so that they gradually settled upon the cloud-mass below. The interaction of opposite electric charges between sand and moisture particles caused a condensation, and the clouds changed to rain, leaving a clear sky in their place...
...demanded a settlement on a piece of legislation which has kept shipping interests in a state of complete uncertainty since its first introduction. As in the case of the British debt, once the uncertainty is cleared up in one way or another, there can be progress, but with the cloud of political fog enshrouding the Capitol, advance is difficult or impossible...