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...bulky picture or cathode-ray tubes used in conventional TV sets, a beam of electrons originates in the stem of the tube and sweeps rapidly to and fro across the tube face. Its intensity is controlled by the signal from the TV station. As the beam hits dots of phosphorescent material in the tube face, they glow with a brightness proportional to the strength of the beam. This rapid action produces at least 25 still pictures per second on the screen, creating the illusion of moving images. In the new Westinghouse system, the images are also formed by producing glowing...
Lenny really gets into the spirit of St. Bruce, the Martyr, but it's hard to see how the abysmal TV comedian Marty Brill can pull it off; so this remains a good bet only fro enthusiasts. Charles Playhouse, Tues.-Fri. at 8 p.m. Saturday, 6 and 9:30 p.m., Sunday...
...stage, the maid Mrs. Drudge answers the phone with "Hello, the drawing room of Lady Muldoon's country residence one morning in early spring." The stock characters dash to and fro, pausing in place long enough to let the critics' discussion go on without competition. --Until the phone rings again on a deserted stage and Birdfoot leaves his seat to answer it; it's his jealous wife. And before Birdfoot can get back to his seat...
...bones, you've red it, I know you have, how the Lord told Ezekiel to speak and then Ezekiel he spoke and the bones took on sinew and the bones took on flesh. Or the tale of Balaam's ass. Or about the devil going to and fro in the earth: Yessir the devil is goin to and fro making his work. Making the work of hell...
...more together in his appearance." He can also tuck his curls more easily into a football helmet: Star Split-End Morell George of Detroit's Central High School switched to braids after continuous combing bouts with his crushed Afro. Other blacks who still favor the 'fro find that braids are better than any combs, conditioners or sprays in creating the cotton-candy shape. After a week of being tightly bound, the braids, when freed, fluff out into an attractively puffy bush...