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...radarmen of the Water Survey first focused on a thundercloud which had suddenly grown a tail (the large blob of light near top in first cut). This was the start of the tornado funnel, still high in the air and shooting toward the east at about 48 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tornado by Radar | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...course, dress at Harvard is a fairly static, conformist affair. Zoot-suits, funnel shapes, and one-button California drapes were never in order: it's always been (or at least, for as long as we can recall) the three-button jacket with sparely padded shoulders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men's Fashions Veer Yet Closer to Edward VII; Distinctive Ectomorph Holds Style Spotlight As Male Goes Stringbean | 3/20/1953 | See Source »

This would in effect increase Claverly popularity and make the so-called "out-house" a funnel for the House system. Commuters and returning students would then enter Claverly and wait for a House vacancy...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: Claverly Men Can Move Into Houses Next Term | 12/16/1952 | See Source »

...American education is like a giant funnel--we have many colleges, and many students, but 50 per cent of our college students drop out before they are graduated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Calls for College Appraisal | 10/14/1952 | See Source »

...commentators had also profited from their experiences at the Republican Convention. They were a lot less talkative and a lot more informative,* particularly the bird-dogging floor reporters with walkie-talkies, who frequently were able to funnel the news out before the delegates themselves were informed. The convention standout: ABC's tenacious Martin Agronsky, who developed a knack for catching delegates eager to report the results of their most recent caucus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Writing with a Camera | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

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