Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...symphony orchestra was his instrument, its players his keys, stops & treadles; and on them he pressed, shoved & stepped twice last week at a tempo & pressure that made, for example, his finale of Brahm's C Minor Symphony the fulminant of a Manhattan explosion of applause. The players were both glad that they were done with him and proud that their skill had met his demands. For the beat of his baton brevets a player an artist...
With the action of the Student Council in expurging from its constitution Clause VI included under the Powers of the Council, the long-debated instrument is finally ready for ratification. In itself a matter of little moment, the clause which would theoretically have empowered the Council to "prevent any-man who shows an indisposition to respect its recommendations from becoming or remaining a member of any organization open to free competition," has served to show the attitude of the Administrative Board toward undergraduate affairs...
...Simultaneously he was given a slight electric shock in the leg. This was repeated several times. Finally the metronome alone was used. As soon as it started ticking, up came the paw, the dog's face contracted with pain and he remained in agony until the instrument was removed...
Despite its brevity, the life line of the lightning flash has been accurately measured by the cathode ray oscillograph. This is an instrument developed by the General Electric Company at Schenectady and makes use of a beam of electrons which, acting as a pointer, measures- the rise & fall, or wave shape of the voltages. When a wave of lightning encounters an obstruction it builds up to twice its power, just as a wave of water breaking on a wall will splash about twice its height. Therefore a direct voltage of 3,000,000 traveling along a line will suddenly jump...
...Honolulu, one George P. Mossman made a ukulele that can be heard a half a mile away. Ukuleleman Mossman once worked for fifteen years to make a perfect violin, gave it up finally on the grounds that the violin was not a local instrument. His ukuleles since, have earned him the title of "Hawaiian Strad...