Word: faults
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...target of Bridges' wrath was CBS Newscaster Bill Costello, who last week broadcast the news that the 2nd Infantry Division was landing at Pusan while soldiers were still hitting the beach. But if any help had been given the enemy, the fault was not Costello's alone. He had picked up his information from a United Press dispatch, was ahead of the newspapers only because his morning broadcast beat early afternoon editions...
...thought the new tax bill should be at least twice $5 billion, that taxes should be "higher than a cat's back." As for the rest of the program-"There is one major fault which destroys much of its value. It does not go far enough...
...disadvantage. Its VHF waves (112 to 118 megacycles) go out straight from the station; like television waves, they do not follow the curvature of the earth as the low-frequency-range signals did. Thus, omnirange signals cannot be picked up dependably beyond the "line of sight." The fault is not serious: when an airplane is flying at 5,000 ft., the line of sight is an ample 100 miles. Counting military installations, there are now about 360 omnis in the U.S. Soon there will be 100 more, and the system is scheduled to spread to foreign countries. Some airlines...
...week he lost his first game, after winning eight, has one of the lowest earned-run averages in the league.* Whenever Miller misses the plate twice in a row, says Phillies Manager Eddie Sawyer, he asks for a new ball. "He figures it must be the ball's fault." Miller has made the jump from Class B ball (Terre Haute, Ind.) to the majors in one poised stride, has become a big factor in keeping the young Phillies at the top of the National League...
Wrapping up the major leagues at the midseason mark, and taking a hefty clout at the rabbit-ball fanciers, New York Herald Tribune Columnist Red Smith had a ready explanation for the 1950 rash of home runs and high-scoring ball games: ". . . The real fault is not the lively ball but the deadly pitching...