Word: downwind
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Everest. Even at this great height (about 3,000 ft. above the summit of Mt. Blanc), they saw tracks of rabbits, mice and snow leopards. There was no snow except in crevices, but above their heads a vast plume of snow whipped off the icy summit, blowing out miles downwind like a gigantic pennant. They made maps and took photographs. Then they rejoined the rest of the party and returned to New Delhi to tell their story to the New York Times...
...male moth can find a female-even at night, through fog, and as far as seven miles away-is a favorite puzzle of entomologists. The male moth flies unerringly downwind, which rules out the possibility that the female sends out odorous particles. In the latest Interchemical Review (research house organ of Interchemical Corp.), John P. Duane and John E. Tyler, both of Interchemical, suggest a solution of the puzzle...
...Bureau applauds Howell's careful approach. He is operating in certain control areas and comparing results with records of rainfall in those districts in the last 15 years. Only rain occurring downwind from the seeding plane will be considered man-made. Howell's experiments may produce the first really accurate results in the field...
Howell announced that he will only claim as man-made rain that which falls downwind from his aerial seeding. His first test will be done with dry ice dropped through a hopper and spout attachment built into two New York police department amphibious planes...