Word: broadcast
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Charter Day itself, U.N. broadcast brief, cautious messages from leading statesmen...
...Boston Traveler's Photographer Frank Gushing was out on assignment when he heard a police broadcast of what sounded like a hotter story 2½ miles away. A tough youngster with a gun, chased by the cops, had seized a boy as a shield and was holding off a dozen policemen. The youngster was taking pot shots at the cops, and threatening to shoot his hostage if they came closer...
...provisions of the bill, based on the assumption of the worst possible administration of the act." While the bill's opponents in the Senate filibustered desperately to delay the vote (see The Congress), Senator Robert Taft went on the air half an hour after Harry Truman finished his broadcast and took up Harry Truman's speech...
...many radio sets are there in Russia? For years this question has fascinated politicians, pundits and propagandists. Last week, for whatever it may be worth, a Soviet broadcast supplied the missing statistics: "more than...
Bilbo, at least this time, spoke for the majority. His is one ample reason why the regular sessions of Congress have never been broadcast. Thus far, only special sessions and important committee meetings have gone on the air. But according to a poll last week, in Pageant magazine, Congress is beginning to change its mind. After sampling the views of some 70 legislators, Pollster J. H. Pollock reported that 61% of them were quite willing to have microphones at their benches; only 33% were opposed; 6% were still mulling it over...