Word: decibel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months a year. The other, All's Fair, is about the May-December marriage of a 50-year-old newsman whose views are to the right of William Buckley and a 23-year-old professional sport photographer on the fringes of Jane Fonda; their spats will raise decibel levels on CBS in September...
Since 1971, the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recommended, but barely enforced, a maximum of 90 decibels-the sound of a heavy truck-throughout an eight-hour workday. OSHA wants to keep to that level. The Environmental Protection Agency and the labor unions want the limit reduced to 85, the din of a busy street. Many industries are strongly opposed to such regulation and claim it would be ruinous. The noise level now registers about 105 decibels next to the looms in a textile mill, and 115 close to an automobile factory...
...guitar, notes can bend, slide and wave. Sounds can glide through all the frequencies between two fixed pitches-just as the human voice does-enabling Sear's musical clone to produce any sound imaginable. Moreover, the guitar can now match a keyboard Moog's titanic output decibel for decibel. In live performance, the complex studio wall synthesizer with its winking lights and patchcord jungle can be replaced by a portable console...
Before comparing two companies' products by their specifications, make sure the statistics have 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...
Wylie's original motion on the Common concerts, which was defeated by a vote of six to three, proposed to set decibel limits on the amount of noise that could be emitted on the Common and prohibit any loud noise after 4:30 p.m. on Sunday...