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Weather: The Fabulous 1950s and Super 1960s

The Fabulous 1950s and Super 1960sWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm…

Weather Words

A-B | C-G | H-S | T-Z ablation: The loss of snow cover from any snow or ice surface by melting, evaporation, or calving. abrupt climate change: Climate change…

McNally, Terrence

(Encyclopedia) McNally, Terrence, 1939–2020, American playwright, b. St. Petersburg, Fla., grad. Columbia, 1960. Known for his dark humor, social satire, and focus on human isolation and the need to…

Benn, Anthony Wedgwood

(Encyclopedia) Benn, Anthony Wedgwood (Tony Benn), 1925–2014, British politician, b. London, grad. New College, Oxford. After working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (1949–50), he was…

Avacha

(Encyclopedia) AvachaAvachaəväˈchə [key] or Avachinskaya SopkaAvachinskaya Sopkaəväˈchĭnskīə sôpˈkə [key], active volcano, 8,965 ft (2,733 m) high, Russian Far East, on S Kamchatka peninsula. It has…

Tungurahua

(Encyclopedia) Tungurahua [Quechua,=throat of fire], snow-capped volcano, 16,479 ft (5,203 m) high, central Ecuador, c.85 mi (135 km) SE of Quito. Its eruptions typically occur at intervals of 80 to…

South Shetland Islands

(Encyclopedia) South Shetland Islands, barren, snow-covered archipelago off N Antarctic Peninsula, W Antarctica; Livingston and King George islands are the largest. The South Shetlands were bases for…

Sahand

(Encyclopedia) SahandSahandsähändˈ [key], peak, 12,140 ft (3,700 m) high, NW Iran, S of Tabriz. It is snow-covered most of the year and is traditionally associated with the prophet Zoroaster.

blizzard

(Encyclopedia) blizzard, winter storm characterized by high winds, low temperatures, and driving snow; according to the official definition given in 1958 by the U.S. Weather Bureau, the winds must…

Information Please: 1995

1 9 9 5 in brief | world | us | entertainment | sports | deaths Facts in Brief World Population: 5,555,555,555 Literacy: 13% more world statistics...   US Population:…