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...loran is the measurement of this time lag, which the receiver does automatically in micro-seconds (millionths of a second). For each time lag, a special chart shows a "line of position." The plane's navigator knows at once that he is somewhere on this line. Then he tunes in a second pair of master-and-slave stations operating on a different frequency, and gets a second line of position. His location on the chart is the point where the two lines intersect. A skilled operator can complete the whole problem in less than six minutes...
Mutual presents Opinion Requested (Sun., 7 p.m., E.W.T.), a question-&-answer show on rehabilitation problems which brings wounded vets to the micro phone, lets them tell their own stories of successful new starts in life...
...important by-product of the micro-filming will be the complete re-cataloging of the Library's Jefferson papers according to the best modern practice and in the light of the fullest recent scholarship. The papers previously had not been fully catalogued, and the Library is preparing descriptive material to accompany the microfilm reproductions. This editorial work is being done by Mrs. Helen Bullock, firmer Archivist of Colonial Williamsburg and now a member of the Library of Congress staff. Mrs. Bullock is utilizing in her work the results of the unique union catalog of Jefferson correspondence maintained by the University...
Taut-voiced Germans at other micro phones never let their audiences forget this horror. One minute there would be a brief escape in music. Then a strident voice would break in: "Achtung, achtung! Now we shall give you the air-situation report." That meant that the bombers were back again. Sometimes it was nothing to worry about-at least for one's own safety. The voice would say "Enemy bomber formations are approaching southwestern Germany . . ." and the music would begin again...
...suppose he really was in a hurry because he only nodded as he passed instead of returning my salute. But in a couple of micro-seconds he was back again, and this time I prevailed upon him to stop...