Word: call
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...airmen enclosed the besieged fortress in a virtual curtain of falling bombs. Though the Marines lost most of their original supply of artillery ammunition when an enemy shell hit their supply dump early in the siege, they were able to call in airpower for the sort of pinpoint destruction that is normally associated with howitzers. When the lowering clouds lifted a few hundred feet, dartlike Air Force F-100s, Navy and Marine F-4 fighter-bombers and stubby A-4 light bombers zipped under the overcast to place high explosives on the spreading enemy trenches. Huge, eight...
...particularly handy when he is driving rented cars or is on location for movies. "The phone is a serious business weapon for me," adds TV Program Packager Larry Spangler, who carries his briefcase phone everywhere, was glad that he did so recently when he received a long-distance call on an outdoor paddle-tennis court confirming an urgent appointment...
...phone-is difficult to use. The user pushes a row of eleven buttons, one after another, until he finds an open channel (on a busy channel, he can overhear the conversation). He then holds down a transmission switch on the hand set and gives the mobile operator his call, which is completed over regular telephone lines. Incoming calls are announced by a buzzer and a light...
...students call it, was founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1901 as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Since that time, its hospital and laboratories overlooking the East River have attracted some of the world's most eminent scientists. Rockefeller researchers, including eight Nobel prize winners (four of them still on the staff) , have produced such breakthroughs as the identification of the Rh blood factor and the discovery that a tumor can be induced by a virus...
...Dorwart will get the call as starting pitcher if he feels his arm is sufficiently rested after his three inning stint against B.C. on Wednesday. If Dorwart isn't ready, George Lalich will start for the Crimson...