Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last of these it should be said that whether reception is improved or hampered depends upon the wavelength of the signals and other factors related to radio transmission. The assumed validity of a correlation of electrical phenomena on the earth and sunspot activity is thus established in a straight-forward manner...
Though neither of the following lineups is definite at this early date one of the starting fives is composed of Lewis A. McGowan '38, forward; George F. Loweman '38, forward; Captain Ernest A. Gray Jr. '37, center; Leavitt S. White '37, guard; and Lupien. The other quintet consist of Grondahl, forward; William W, Shirk '38, forward; John H. Herrick '38, center; Heckel, guard; and Arthur R. Snell '38, guard. In addition, Jacob H. Kuhn '38, Arnold 8. Liman '38, Jack L. Mason '37, and Thomas W. Stephenson '37, will se action. john L. Dampeer '38, regular last year, is laid...
...Spanish boxer with the hairy chest and concrete chin, was reported busy with a speedboat last week rescuing White civilians from Red ports. "My only regret," said he, cuddling a submachine gun, "is that in war I can't use my fists." Spain's No. 1 football forward, Ricardo Zamora, was throwing hand grenades last week and various bull fighters were engaged en both sides at Madrid. "The Great Belmonte" had stopped fighting bulls to become a rural policeman...
Repaired during the intermission, Piano No. 1 was wheeled forward and Casadesus undertook a Chopin ballad. Before he had got through 20 bars the pedal dropped off again. Pianist Casadesus leaped up, wrung his hands, sobbed, "I'm sorry," bolted backstage for the attendants. Only one attendant could be found, so Casadesus had to help him push back Piano No. 1, bring forward No. 2. While they were straining with No. 1, a leg fell off. Half hysterical, the pianist put it back on. He was about to sit down at the relief piano when an unidentified clergyman seized...
...ries a grappling mechanism like a clam dredge or steam shovel (the mouth). Thanks to muscles which act as motors, tendons which transmit tension and skeletal parts which serve as levers and fulcrums, the tower-like legs may change into powerful jointed springs which propel the whole structure forward...