Word: affectioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...high-frequency signal currents merely ride on the high-power current like waves on a river. The vibrations are drawn off at any point by a condenser or antennae system. This does not affect the power circuit which thus acts much like a special track for radio waves. As in radio, many frequency channels are available so that several conversations or signals could be carried by the same wire at the same time. By eliminating the need for separate telephone lines, many tons of aluminum, copper and steel could be saved. Chief obstacle: lack of materials for telephone instruments...
...lecture, fifth and last in a series sponsored jointly by the Harvard Summer School and the American Association of Scientific Workers, describes how weather, vegetation, water supply, raw materials, and other items of natural environment affect tactics, and how the planning of strategy is closely linked with climatic conditions...
...this summer, however, reports indicated that gas and tire shortages were narrowing the small car-owning group here, and the Council's recommendation will thus affect...
...placing Fitz at first, Stahl shifted Ned Fitzgibbons to center field, where he played when he captained his Freshman nine. The strange terrain seemed to affect both players as neither could get a hit and both committed errors at their new posts. The Harvard summary: ab r h po a e Leahy, lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 Heath 0 1 0 0 0 0 Fitz, 1b 5 1 0 13 0 1 Harvey, 2b 4 2 2 3 2 0 Barnes, rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Gallagher, 3b 4 1 0 5 3 0 Drake...
Yaws, afflicting about a third of all Haitians, long confused with syphilis because of their loathesome, gaping sores. Spread mainly by flies, also by ticks, lice and bedbugs, yaws affect mostly Negroes, "is a consequence of abject poverty." It can be cured by salvarsan, but the process is costly, painful, interminable...