Word: aerially
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...simply exults with three rings and a side show in being bigger, faster, more dangerous and more defiant of natural law than any entertainment ever before presented to the human eye. Its tent is "the greatest stretch of canvas ever raised," its acrobats are "the greatest aggregation of mid-aerial gymnasts in the world," its tigers are "the greatest and most thrilling wild animals ever offered in this or any other country" and its elephants are"the biggest brutes that breathe." Miss Bertha Beeson is "positively and obviously the most sensational high wire artist of all time," Mile. Leitzel " breaks...
...present certain slices of its present monopoly of 600-1600 metre wave lengths to the big broadcasting stations. At the same time all stations will be licensed and classified so that the air will at last have a traffic system. Beside this, the song writers and publishers are demanding aerial royalties. As they refuse to be satisfied with less than four hundred thousand dollars annually, there will probably be fewer mix-ups of concerts and rag-time. Even France is having such troubles. In the midst of a government concert which was being sent from the Eiffel tower, a voice...
...rules of the game have been drawn up by Mr. Webster. He puts them down under the head of dancing: "To perform a regulated series of movements, commonly to music; to trip, to glide, or leap rhythmically. To move nimbly or merrily.--The complicated aerial movements of a swarm of some insects, as midgets, gnats, or certain butterflies." As applied tonight, the last section will be hardly necessary, but aside from that a definition of the movements allowed is important, especially the clause regarding tripping...
...first Aerial Dreadnought is being built for the British Air Ministry. Some of its main features include living quarters, electric illumination, an electric capstan controlling a 125-pound anchor, two water-tight transverse bulkheads, sleeping quarters for five, a chart room...
Realizing that many men in the University, while interested in radio, were handicapped because they were unable to secure satisfactory serials, the Wireless Club has installed a special aerial and two step amplifier which will be used solely for experimental use. Any member of the University will be allowed to try out his set on this equipment, or by becoming a member of the club to set up his set permanently in the operating room at Westmorly. Any men interested should see N. K. Fairbank '24, at 13 Claverly, as soon as possible. A loud speaker and broadcast receiver...