Word: ear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...receiving end, the mingled snatches are sorted out by another special cathode-ray tube and distributed to 24 listening telephones. Each set of one-millionth-of-a-second pulses blends into a smooth, clear voice, for the pulses come so close together that the ear cannot note the silences between them...
Last week, Old Bones, at the great age of 30, was found lying very still, with Peanuts III nibbling at his ear, trying to wake...
...educated first by the Jesuits, then at the University of London. At 17 he was already a Fascist. While brawling in the streets he was cut from mouth to ear, and he carries the scar to this day. He joined Sir Oswald Mosley's Fascist group, later broke away to create a faction of his own. Whenever he needed credentials of any sort, he claimed British citizenship...
Reverence was also in short supply: the peeresses' school reported the theft of a silver ear picker used by the Emperor Komei and crested incense burners presented by the Empress Shoken...
Radios & Showers. Coaches will have plenty of leg room between seats; washrooms will be large, well equipped. Some cars will be radio-equipped with speakers fitted into the seat backs at ear level. Volume control of radios will be kept low so that other passengers are not disturbed. A coach for women only will be fitted with individual powder rooms...