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...British army during its occupation of Azerbaijan in 1918. Cried Khrushchev: "You are not a true Communist and never even joined a party organization." Beria, who was presumably above being frisked by his own men, pulled a gun. Khrushchev leaped on him, and Malenkov stubbed a floor buzzer to summon Moskalenko's men, who (according to slightly differing versions) either led him out of the room or machine-gunned him on the spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: At the Kremlin Corral | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

...debris removal. Another $10 million is earmarked for modifying existing shelters; by adding forced draft ventilators, many can be improved to take care of more people. To get civilians under cover in time, $10 million will be spent developing the acronymously named NEAR (National Emergency Alarm Repeater), a buzzer alarm the size of a cigarette pack that would sell for $5 or $10, be plugged into home electrical outlets, and set off by special transmitters installed in local power plants. And to make sure that survivors do not leave shelters too soon after an attack, $9.3 million will be spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: All Out Against Fallout | 8/4/1961 | See Source »

Fifteen straight points stretched the Penn lead to 45 to 23, before Gene Augustine's jumper at the half-time buzzer made it 45-25. The Quakers scored on 20 of 36 shots in the half, a 56 per cent average...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Penn Tops Five, 94-63 | 3/4/1961 | See Source »

Championship College Basketball (ABC, 2 p.m. to final buzzer). Marquette v. Bradley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Jan. 27, 1961 | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

Instead, the report urges installation of special buzzer devices in homes, offices, factories and public buildings. The devices, plugged into electric outlets, would be set off in an emergency by a specific voltage transmitted by the local power companies. Such a buzzer system, named NEAR (National Emergency Alarm Repeater), has already been devised and tested. The indoor buzzers would be supplemented with outdoor loudspeakers scattered throughout every city. In case of attack, these loudspeakers would carry a warning signal, followed by instructions on what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVIL DEFENSE: Buzzers Mean Bombs | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

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