Word: flatting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Mozart's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E Flat Major; Griffes' The White Peacock; Siegmeister's Symphony. Guest: British Pianist Dame Myra Hess. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski...
There were only a few plays for the quarterback to choose from. The flying wedge was in its heyday, there being only one way to stop it. To accomplish this the defensive teams would have to perform the highly dangerous maneuver of lying flat on the ground and trying to trip up the onrushing wedge. If they succeeded, there would be a great heap of about twenty men in the line of scrimmage, and no yards gained...
Showman Billy Rose last week dipped an inquiring toe into the third of what he calls the Seven Lively Arts*−;radio. Despite the artful aid of filters and mixers, the Rose radio voice was flat and monotonous ("I don't think Gabriel Heatter has anything to worry about"). But Broadway's Billy was out to make a dent on radio. His brief, five-nights-a-week show (Mutual, Mon.-Fri. 8:55-9 p.m.) is a rewrite of his daily newspaper column, "Pitching Horseshoes" (TIME., July 15, 1946). Once a week, he transcribes the week...
Then he momentarily relented. "You may say that I live in a Georgian house," he said. Beaming, he added: "Actually, I live in a flat...
Around the Meter. In Wallingford, Conn., the Borough Electric Works set a flat charge of $2.50 a month on owners of television sets for the additional use of power. In Norwich, Conn., the city-owned utility set up a television charge of $1.26 a month. Complained Radio Manufacturers' Association: television uses no more power than many domestic appliances...