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Word: buzzer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Could someone install a device on the common variety of telephone which will inform the telephone user, even though he is on the phone, when someone is trying to contact him ? Perhaps a light could flash, a buzzer buzz, or even a small shock be provided for those who still refuse to give up the line when someone is desperately trying the number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 16, 1959 | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...final moments of the half, however, Carl Belz and his brother Herman returned to life to net eight points in a row and thereby bring the Tigers to within one point as the buzzer sounded...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Tigers Defeat Quintet As Fan Slugs Repetto | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...team will meet New York University Saturday at 2 p.m. in what "should prove to be an interesting match with the strongest intercollegiate team in the United States," Johnson said. The Crimson squad will be using an electric foil, which is wired with a buzzer and light to show when a touch is scored, for the first time in this competition

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencing Squad To Face Trinity | 2/11/1959 | See Source »

Before the match, the opposing captains demonstrated an electric foil, which is wired so that a buzzer and light indicate when a touch is made. The varsity team will use it against N.Y.U...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Fencers Outduel C.C.N.Y. In 14-13 Contest | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Harrington was then called for elbowing as he drove toward the basket, but with seven seconds showing on the clock, Ron Ivkovitch blew the free throw and Mike Donohue grabbed the rebound. Repetto called time out and the final buzzer sounded. However, referee Johnny Nucatola ruled that time had been called before the buzzer and awarded the ball to the Crimson at midcourt, setting the stage for Bowditch's winning goal...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Crimson Upsets Big Red, 67-66, Downs Columbia, 68-65, at I.A.B. | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

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