Word: lightly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Could someone install a device on the common variety of telephone which will inform the telephone user, even though he is on the phone, when someone is trying to contact him ? Perhaps a light could flash, a buzzer buzz, or even a small shock be provided for those who still refuse to give up the line when someone is desperately trying the number...
...third night the bird lifted off only 4 seconds late. The Jupiter fired for 182 seconds. As it passed through a high veil of cloud, a bluish ring formed around its orange tail flame like a ring around the moon. After 55 seconds of dark coasting, a faint light bloomed in the sky as the second-stage rockets fired. Then Pioneer IV disappeared...
...John Watkins, down to weight at 130, is likely to make a good showing and must be considered the Crimson's second best threat, although he is up against some rough opposition. Carl Kludt, who wrestled at 130 all year, moves up to 137, but will probably be too light and inexperienced to advance in the tournament...
...recipient, in his Rumford Medal Lecture, spoke on the evolution of the capacity of plants and animals to respond to light cues. Wald described the responses in terms of molecular or chemical mechanisms...
...heads the Senate Preparedness subcommittee to reassess defense needs in the light of the Berlin crisis...