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...group had already done some emergency work during floods, fires, and storms. When the telephone system in Vermont went on the blink this fall, a group of "ham" stations, including W1AF, relayed outgoing messages from the area...
...lights are operated by push buttons, and replace the old green blinking lights with red and yellow walking lights. 'Cliffedwellers will not be able to halt traffic indefinitely, however. The lights must blink green at least 37 seconds in, every minute...
...Dunster and Leverett petitions offer a bright but illegal solution in their overhead traffic light suggestion. Actually, a standard post light would have legal blessing and also be easier to see. For clear warning, it should blink red down DeWolfe Street and yellow in both directions on Memorial Drive. It is hard to set a monetary value on a human life, but a five hundred dollar traffic light seems cheap enough insurance...
...leading motive of revenge from the main character, there is no large action in A Breath of Air. The story sits still as a Pacific island; yet it is almost as hard for the reader's eye to look away from it as for the sun to blink...
...skepticism, we think, is a healthy thing. It is that curious process of mind which makes a man blink at his environment, scratch his head, and try to figure out what is going on. There is considerable historical evidence that such a process may be a valuable one. Newton, for example, was raised in an environment which taught him that all objects had a proper place, and that if given a chance they would find that place. Newton watched a falling apple, skeptically refused to believe it was heading for its only true and rightful place, and developed a theory...