Word: bulb
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...five-building laboratory in West Orange, N.J., his gabled Victorian house near by, his library of some 10,000 books, most of the earliest working models of his inventive "firsts." Among the heirlooms: the first universal stock-market ticker, the first successful phonograph, the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb, the first generator to produce electricity efficiently...
Died. Václav Nosek, 59, bulb-nosed Himmler of the Czech Communist regime, believed to have been involved in the "defenestration" death of Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk in 1948; after long illness; in Prague. Nosek fled to England when the Nazis seized power, returned as Minister of the Interior in the pre-Communist coalition government, and systematically helped turn his country into a police state...
...auditorium's seats, smashed a snare drum through a bass drum, broke two large ceramic vases, slashed a movie screen to ribbons, desecrated a new American flag, broke both skylights in the gym, and in general indulged in a wholesale orgy of ink splashing, paint splattering, light-bulb smashing. Estimated damage: $1,000. What worried Buffalo authorities most: P.S. 69 is the twelfth school to be attacked since last February...
Starting with the National League, the light bulb gazer is faced with the Giants, Dodgers, and Braves--all powerful ball clubs with a number of well-established stars and a few shoddy spots that the stars are expected to conceal. Each could easily win the pennant, but somehow the Old Pro theory on which they operate seems passe for a well-balanced league like the National. The Dodgers were the Old Pro squad last year, but they wilted while the Giants won with a new pro, Willie Mays, and with the fresh spirit he brought. Similarly, the flag this year...
...American League presents the problem of Cleveland and New York, who dominated the picture last year and will undoubtedly do so again. Millions of Yankee fans may swallow their cigar butts in annoyance, but the murky light bulb is quite clear on its choice: the Indians will...