Word: carriere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Significance: the radio-wave spectrum being definitely limited, many stations are now forced to use the same wavelengths, going on the air at different hours by agreement. There was a hopeful stir when John Hays Hammond Jr. proved the possibility of sending many messages on a single "carrier" wave upon which modulations were impressed (TIME, Oct. 26). Skala's invention promises to simplify air-traffic even further, to solve the selectivity problem of listeners-in, to open the field of wireless telephony as a substitute for common wire service...
...Whereas Gerald Chapman was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of robbery of mail matter and placing the life of a mail carrier in jeopardy, and was sentenced Aug. 23, 1922, to imprisonment for twenty-five years in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta...
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, retired, declared that in his belief the warship of the future is the airplane carrier; that the Navy Department has no aviation policy; that it is hazardous to send airplanes into the Arctic. Of the Shenandoah, he said: "My idea as to that whole business is this: We may presume that the commander and his staff were the best people the Navy Department could supply. If they were not, their designation was a criminal act. And assuming they were the best, if there was any interference from outside by people less competent...
Allen, star defensive back and line-plunger, and Kline, outstanding Yale performer against the Crimson last year, easily lead as individual scorers among Tad Jones' football men, Crosby, flashy Sophomore carrier, is Coach Ficher's scoring ace, with Captain Cheek holding the runner-up position for individual scoring honors among the Cambridge cohorts...
...plunger whose work in the mud last season will not soon be forgotten. Allen, the big fullback, is much the same type of player as Gehrke, being a strong defensive player, a good line-plunger, and an excellent kicker, Noble, who will start at halfback today, is a speedy carrier who will test heralded Harvard ends. And in Bunnell Yale has a cool, experienced, and flashy quarterback who is indispensable to the smoothness of the Blue attack. Harvard will do well to stop this brilliant quartet today...