Word: dialing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only things Harvard men liked on the Network before the advent of the Prize Show was classical music, but since anyone can dial a phone and recognize unnamed tunes, the fun began in earnest...
...going to climb now," said Anders. Turbo-superchargers went on, the motors hammered, and the needle on the altimeter dial went around like a second hand on a watch. The crew put on life vests and then fleece-lined flying suits over them, and I watched, knowing I would be cold without one. We went above the clouds, but they were scattered, and we could see the sea, grey and steely blue and smooth below...
Predictions, 1943. As the New Year bowed in, most "experts" refrained from outright prognostications. One who did not was the New York Sun's "Sun Dial" Columnist H. I. Phillips. Sample fate-proof Phillips predictions...
...problem is easily circumvented if you have a fairly good radio. With a little patience and some dial-twisting, you can easily find a nearby station that is carrying the program. Movie-Radio Guide is especially helpful for this sort of thing...
...installed in 1,000 radio sets in homes between Wisconsin and Missouri and the Atlantic Coast-an area containing over one-fourth of the U.S.'s 30,000,000 radio homes. The Audimeter records with a stylus on moving tape every twist of the radio switch and dials, whether a program is found by dial cruising, whether it is kept on through the full period, tuned out at any point...