Word: flashes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Eastman Kodak Works, came news. An experiment had been made with aerial photography at night by flashlight. A Martin bomber 3000 feet up dropped 50 pounds of flashlight powder which was detonated in midair. Seven special cameras and a cinema machine clicked. There was a swift and powerful flash-it lasted only one-fiftieth of a second-then a tremendous explosion "rocked the buildings," "broke windows" (a few). The photographs were a "success." "Useful in war," said observers...
...duty by the public, yet faced by the necessities of bread and butter. Presumably, the amateur turns his back on Mammon and unselfishly offers his talents and his time on the altar of public service. Growing boys are crying out for an athletic example, old men's eyes will flash with ancient fire at the spectacle of his skill and might, young girls will realize that none but the athlete deserves the fair. Nevertheless, he is flat broke. The adulating world, he now says, must remedy his situation; this is the picture of buncombe which springs into most people...
...telescopic sights of a high power rifle. Across the way was a balcony of the Palazzo Chigi, upon which Benito Mussolini would soon appear. Vast Fascist crowds swarmed in the street, eager to catch the words of their Duce's Armistice Day address. With a baleful flash of satisfaction, the man with the rifle trained its sights still more accurately, and waited...
Professor Lyman was active in the World War. In 1917 he was captain of aviation in the signal reserve corps, and later became a major in the United States engineers. He saw service with the American Expeditionary Force, being an expert in flash and sound ranging...
...grid-graph system has a miniature playing field, with lights representing the kind of play, the position of the ball, and the player carrying the ball. All these lights flash simultaneously with the vocal description of the play as it is announced by radio. On the side of the board representing the gridiron other lights flash the score, the period, and the time left to play. Substitutions are also noted on the side of the board as each change in position occurs...