Word: effective
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could not see the sun or stars, they fell back on dead reckoning. By recording the ship's direction and its motion through the water, they tried to keep track of its position. The system did not work very well, chiefly because of crude instruments and because the effect of ocean currents was often unknown. But if a ship could have measured accurately its motion across the solid ocean bottom instead of the fluid surface, dead reckoning would have brought it to any harbor through the thickest...
...apparatus that transmits to the ground two narrow beams of microwaves. When the waves hit the ground, a small part of their energy is reflected back to the transmitter. If the transmitter is moving, as in an airplane, the frequency of the waves is changed slightly by the Doppler effect.*The amount of the change, which can be measured with gnat-hair accuracy, gives the speed of the airplane...
...tall, balding man who never worked for a newspaper until he got his idea, does not write with the authority of New York Times Critic Jack Gould or the readability of the New York Herald Tribune's syndicated (90 papers) John Crosby. But in terms of his effect on which way the dial turns, he is the nation's most influential TV critic. Last week the Tulsa Tribune became the 96th newspaper (total circ. 15 million) to take his TV Key. Among other subscribers: the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Bulletin, Baltimore Sun, Los Angeles Herald & Express, Detroit Times...
...interpretation of Marlowe's theme and Holinshed's story, Edward is less the victim of his personality, his blindness to the faults of his favorites, his imbalance, his lack of aptitude for kingship. His downfall is more the result of the jealousies and frustrations of others; less the effect of his own weakness. Unlike Marlowe's Gaveston, Treece's favorite is not a plotter against the king--his dupe--striving to amuse him in order to divert him. Rather, the French knight is Edward's honest confidant, fighting for his good and ready...
...fully drawn out Othello's latent bestiality, delivers the line at medium volume and with his back to the audience! But he underscores the thought by extending his right hand overhead and pulling it down to his side like a claw grating on glass. That is real artistry; the effect is electric. And he makes the most of the poetry in the role; for, although a soldier, Othello is the most poetic of all Shakespeare's heroes, including Hamlet. Just as Richard Burbage was the great Othello of Shakespeare's day, David Garrick the great Othello of the 18th century...