Word: beene
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another fact is that RCA's system still does not work well. It has rarely been shown to the public, and does not impress laymen. Different sets show the same scene in different colors. The colors are not at all faithful; they often change suddenly and erratically. Dr. Elmer...
Dream Tube. Other color systems besides those of the main contestants have been proposed to FCC. The "line sequential" system of Color Television Inc. uses a single picture tube with three blocks of different colored phosphors on its face. The colored pictures are combined by projection lenses on a common...
In the background is a dream-invention: a single picture tube that glows in all colors simultaneously, but which will be "compatible" with the present-day black & white system. There have been many attempts to build such a tube, but none has succeeded so far. Many experts believe that color...
For most of British history, Englishmen have been able to take zither music-or leave it to the Tyrolese. Last week, nonetheless, the humble, lap-sized stringed instrument was the musical rage of London. Recording sales were rivaling such alltime British favorites as Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn.
By last week Baritone Monroe had long since given up his operatic ambitions, was churning out strictly "what was called for." From the bandstand of the heavily upholstered Café Rouge in Manhattan's Statler Hotel, he beamed handsomely at the biggest crowds the nitery had ever seen, contentedly...