Word: circuits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...practice, the FCC rarely uses its licensing power to punish; renewals these days, as California Congressman John Moss recently pointed out, "are nearly as perfunctory as library-card renewals." And two weeks ago, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago dealt a heavy setback to two important requirements dictated by the fairness doctrine. One of those requirements provided that any station broadcasting a "personal attack" on someone in an editorial or news documentary must notify that person and offer him time to reply. The other held that any station endorsing or opposing a political candidate must allow the other...
...gave up farming to find a job in New York City. Jose learned to play the concertina at six and the guitar at nine. The advent of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s inspired him to try singing, too. At 17, he began plying the coffee-house circuit from Greenwich Village to Chicago's Old Town, combining folk music with rock, standards and novelties...
...point, to a vein in the baboon's groin. With a second tube, they linked an artery in the baboon's groin to a vein in the woman's arm. When the setup was in place, the doctors released the clamps that opened the two-way circuit...
Nitinol's habit of springing back to its original shape when heat is applied also suggests to scientists that it can be used to convert heat energy to mechanical energy. Thus, say Buehler and Wang, it could be used in fire-extinguisher activators and circuit breakers. "The beauty of Nitinol," says Buehler, "is that it's something you load ahead of time. Then if you put it in the correct temperature range, it pulls the trigger itself...
...balked at testifying and had been declared in contempt of court. By contrast, Stephens had been a cooperative witness. His lawyers argued that there was no reason to believe that he would not testify; there had been no actual threats on his life. Taking the case to a Memphis Circuit Court, Gipson and Friedman won a plea for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that Stephens had been denied due process and that his bail was excessive...