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...idea was simple indeed. The way to stop spark plugs from broadcasting, he decided, was to enclose the ignition wires in metal shields leading from the magneto to the plugs. Thus, there would be a return path for the high-frequency elements in the spark current (the source of the trouble). The plugs would go right on broadcasting, but the waves they created would stay inside the shield...
...Their world history teacher, William Hopper, of Danville, Ky. explained: 'We're in a remote and inaccessible part of the world here, and we have to have dependable material for our current events discussions. Most of our students read TIME from cover to cover and, thanks to my Kentucky upbringing, they even follow TIME'S coverage of the Kentucky Derby...
After beating Johnny Palmer (3 and 2) in the P.G.A. final last week, Sam was hugely enjoying his new eminence as current king of the links. The car bringing him to the Celebrities Tournament at Washington's Army-Navy Country Club was duly escorted by motorcycle cops. As he changed into working clothes (electric blue slacks and yellow T-shirt), a fellow competitor, General Omar Bradley, came over to shake hands. "I've been reading a lot about you," grinned the general...
...better one. To meet the increasing demands for power, he said, the industry should spend $1 billion a year on expansion. He warned that power-men should not be lulled into thinking that long-term demands would lessen just because business had started to slip off. Said he: The current slide in business might last until the second quarter of next year. By the end of 1951, there should be an upturn that may bring production right back up to where...
Smaller Margin. Publisher James H. McGraw Jr. (McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.) also drew a bead on the Administration. He accused Harry Truman of causing the current power shortage in the Northwest by short-circuiting power projects. The result is that the area "may be set back for a long time to come...