Word: belled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon his men were synchronizing cowbells chromatically arranged like a xylophone; a klaxon, a popgun, a saw, a fire-bell, an octave of Flit guns (tuned to the key of E flat), two octaves of tuned doorbells, an auto pump, a car motor, a Smith & Wesson .22 pistol. His ten players-nine men and a girl harpist-are proficient at making every conceivable noise capable of emerging from a human larynx...
Pointing to the obvious advantages of a location so close to the Houses, Saise suggested that the bell hanging in the belfry atop one end off the present architectural antiquity continue its function on the new library as a fire and general emergency warning...
Additional nominations may be made by submitting petitions with a minimum of 25 names on or before Thursday to George I. Bell '48 in Lowell House P-31. Chairman of the Nominations Committee, Bell Stated yesterday that these elections would bring the Council to within one short of its normal complement of 17; the departure at the end of this term of Clinton M. Ritchie '47, Council president, and Jerome I. Andrews NROTC, will, however, necessitate three more appointments next term...
...Soundman Carl Pezzuto forgot to close his third floor Manhattan window before testing the Texaco Fire Chief siren and bell. A crowd gathered in the street below and two cops with guns drawn barged into the sound studio. Few radio sound effects get such startling results, but radio's noises today are often as well known as its stars...
...dramatic technique and swiftness of dialogue Elmer Rice has rung the bell with his new comedy, "Dream Girl," providing Betty Field with a long and complex part which she handles with admirable skill...