Word: channelized
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...euphoria" for the industry, in his words-the companies thought that their supply problems were over: the Alaska North Slope oilfield had just been proved and was expected to be powering cars by 1972, drilling had started on a large offshore field in California's Santa Barbara Channel, and coal production was still going strong and was expected to take some of the slack from oil. Within months, all the promises were reversed: environmentalists stopped the Alaska pipeline, which was only recently given final go-ahead; a giant oil spill forced a shutdown of the Santa Barbara fields...
...been measured in exactly the same manner. Often manufacturers attempt to make their models look better by publishing power and distortion ratings for inaudible decibel levels. The specifications for amplifiers that will make a difference to the ear as well as the oscilliscope are power in watts, continuous per channel at 8 ohms, and percentage total harmonic distortion (THD) at rated output. Ratings of 20 to 40 watts per channel and .5 per cent THD should be adequate for most Harvard rooms and listeners...
...make gasoline more expensive by lifting price controls and letting the price rise as high as the traffic would bear. That idea is supported by free-market advocates but has no serious support within the Government. It would be as unwieldy and inequitable as the tax plan-and would channel gargantuan added revenues not to the Government but to gas-station owners and oil companies...
...terms heard most frequently on truckers' CB is "smokey bear"-the highway patrolman. The air waves virtually stutter with cries of "Breaker, break!" (the standard shortwave request to cut in on a channel) when a smokey sets up his radar. "You better get green stamps [cash] ready," warns a gruff voice on the Indiana toll road. One trooper even ticketed a trucker for urinating by the roadside. That cop's handle is now Fly Inspector. A more common offense is riding overweight, which can result hi a fine of several hundred dollars. Some gutsy drivers sneak around weigh...
...last warning: don't be tricked by the BBC version of War and Peace that begins its run Saturday on Channel 2. What you really want is the Russian version, which used to come to the Orson Welles each year around Thanksgiving, and is a very true, very big film, in addition to being the most expensive one ever made...