Word: jam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Regnier pitched steady ball for most of the game, although Army succeeded in loading the bases twice. On both occasions, however, Regnier steadied, working his way out of the jam by striking out the Army batters...
...Soviet government, explained Chief Engineer George Herrick, needs some wave bands for its own purposes; it cannot well afford to jam all the frequencies all the time. Its need for air room is accentuated by the fact that Russia has few long-distance telegraph or telephone lines. Cities get along with three or four circuits instead of the 200 or so that connect comparable cities in the U.S. To make up for this lack, the Russians use high-frequency radio. U.S.S.R.-wide broadcast hookups, much needed for the Kremlin's round-the-clock pep talks, are sent...
Tickets for the 3:30 p.m. concert will go on sale today in the dining halls of all Houses and in the Union. The organizations presenting the jam session are both affiliates of the American Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
Long-suffering U.S. motorists got an ounce of revenge last week. Accused of poking along a busy New Jersey highway at 15 to 20 m.p.h., piling up a four-mile jam of honking cars behind him, William Mantone, 51 and a tile-setter, was hauled into court, fined $5 for careless driving, plus $3 in court costs...
...Voice's biggest technical problem: Moscow's furious attempts to jam the round-the-clock Voice broadcasts to Russia. U.S. monitors estimate that Russian jamming has been between 70% and 80% effective. Voice officials hope to do better when the new U.S. transmitters go into operation...