Word: colder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...high-pressure center out over the Gulf of Mexico, did it. The troughs converged on the U.S. from the Atlantic and the Pacific. The eastern trough let in warm, moist Atlantic air; its western partner opened a path for moisture-laden air masses from the Gulf. Meeting colder air from the Pacific and Canada, the warm, moist air masses condensed and fell to earth as rain...
Duke did not carry a full military load, as Barns did in his Sabre, but on the other hand he had the disadvantage of Hying in colder air. The temperature over the Channel was only 72° F., while Barns flew over the hot desert near Salton Sea, Calif, in air at 104° F. Since the speed of sound is lower in cooler air, Duke approached more closely the resistance point that waits just below Mach...
...second fiddle to the U.S.-in world affairs. Said a Tory M.P.: "What appealed to us all in the Prime Minister's speech was the thought that at last we are to have a British policy." Words of No Offense. After the first flushes of British nationalism came colder second thoughts. "Magnificent," said the Economist of the speech, "but was it policy?" Tories-who seemed to respond happily only to Churchill's truculence over Egypt and not to his soft hints to Moscow-reminded their friends that Sir Winston, at 78, is determined to be known to history...
...Hole, Mass. Originally developed by Henry Stommel and Donald Parson, the thermometer measures the long-wave radiation from the sea and from it shows whether the water is warm or cold. The gadget has been used successfully to track the inner edge of the Gulf Stream, distinguishing it from colder inshore water all the way from Florida up to George's Bank, off Cape...
...instruments have to be doused with antifreeze, and metal mouthpieces have to be kept in pockets until the last minute. Army bands are not required to play in temperature, of less than 20° (though they often do, in contrast to Marine bands, which almos never play in weather colder than their own limit...