Word: ception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...took out my famed Patent No. 7777, for a 'tuned' or syntonized system of wireless telegraphy, permitting the clearer re ception of messages, and of more than one message simultaneously on the same antenna. By 1901 I had so built up the power of my transmitter that I attempted talking from Cornwall to Newfoundland-with success on the very first trial. (This feat bore out my old contention, assailed by many, that the curvature of the earth would not impede the progress of electric waves.) The following year saw the extension of transatlantic communication to Capes Breton...
...common bond represented by the Crown. Dominion Status within the Commonwealth does not legally empower any member to undertake any action which shall or may in any way undermine government by King, Legislature and Executive.*** The mere registration of the treaty seems in no way to invalidate this con- ception of government, but it implies the right of the Free State, if the Boundary Commission fails to settle the Boundary Question between Northern Ireland and the Free State (TIME, May 5 et seq.), to appeal to the League for arbitration of the difference instead of to the Privy Council...
Hail and rain drove guests indoors at Ambassador and Mrs. Kelloggs' re- ception that day at Crewe House. The Archbishop of Canterbury entertained at tea at Lambeth Palace. Mr. Hughes returned to the Middle Temple for dinner...
...with the hope of keeping the Ell margin of victory as small as possible. Even though Captain Callahan mixed into the scrimmage during Monday's session, it is not to be expected that the Blue leader will start the game Saturday. If he does, it will be an ex- ception to his custom, which is to allow Galvin, a very acceptable substitute, to fill his herth until the final games. Callahan is in splendid shape except for his bad ankle, weighing 230 pounds this fall, an increase of 20 pounds over last year. The coaches maintain that they already...