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Cloud seeding was invented in 1946 by Bernard Vonnegut, older brother to essayist and novelist Kurt. Since then, it has enjoyed a colorful history. Countries around the world quickly adopted the technology, and over the three decades following its introduction, the U.S. spent many millions of dollars a year on weather modification. It was even used during the Vietnam War to increase rainfall on the Ho Chi Minh trail to hamper supply movement, until word got out and the U.S. agreed not to play with the weather while making war. In the 1970s, the science of cloud seeding acquired...
...Older Bostonians recall swimming in the river as kids,” Lawaetz said. “A generation of kids have only known the river as something to look across. Our main objective is to facilitate the return of general public river swimming...
Alternatively, I often wonder if the older fans superimpose ghostly images of Ted Williams patrolling left field or imagine Carlton Fisk rounding the bases after his wave-it-fair home run in the World Series. Even without these vivid recollections, one fan could recall exactly where he sat in the 1946 World Series or another how he shimmied up the railroad ties backing up against the “Green Monster” when he didn’t have a nickel...
According to Tatar, the books we read as children become a part of our emotional fabric, and regarding Harry Potter, we have grown as he has grown—almost in real time. The fabric stretches and becomes a security blanket for older readers, who are able to return to the series and recapture some of that childhood warmth...
...first started reading HP, I feel like I grew up with Harry,” Duncan wrote. When he was young, so was I, and I wasn’t necessarily ready for the darker themes that show up in the later books. Now that I’m older, I can appreciate that Harry’s world is becoming steadily more complicated, because I, too, have had to learn that the world is not always as simple as it seemed when I was 11 years...