Word: mins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Best means for such pitch dissemination would be the radio. The phonograph is unreliable since the slightest variation of the turntable from set speed (78 revolutions per min.) changes the pitch. The veracity of tuning-forks depends upon atmospheric and temperature constancy. Dr. Haselbrunner's convention would put a stop to an occasional practice of recording laboratories, namely, varying the pitch to fit the peculiar abilities of recording artists, a practice distressing to persons with a sense of absolute pitch...
...mark, Enterprise, her sails taut, her happy crew sprawled along the weather rail, was leading by 1,000 yd. At 4:57 p. m. she crossed the finish line amid a din of whistles and an excited babble of radio announcers over two national networks. Shamrock V arrived 2 min. 52 sec. later...
...from which a ton of lead ballast had been removed. Strategically, Enterprise kept her advantage, tacking with Shamrock V, keeping her rival out of the wind and at a disadvantage as a hawk follows a pigeon. Unable to shake off the defender, outraced, outmaneuvred, Shamrock V trailed nearly 6 min. behind at the first marker. At the end of the reach on the second leg she was 10 min. astern the more smartly handled Enterprise. Again the winner, Skipper Vanderbilt sailed his tall white sloop across the finish line 9 min. 49 sec. in front of less resourceful Capt...
...36th hole against Gene Sarazen. ¶ Jimmy McLarnin, 140-lb. Pacific Coast Irishman: a fight at the Yankee Stadium, New York, from Al Singer, who won the world's lightweight championship two months ago (TIME, July 28) from battered Sammy Mandell; by a knockout; after 2 min. 21 sec. of the third round. McLarnin won no title because of the differences in weight...
...York-Cleveland-Chicago route, insisted the field was unfit for night landings of heavily loaded Douglas and Boeing ships, refused to move its base from Hadley Field, New Brunswick, N. J. While a three-cornered dispute was waged, New Yorkers continued to wait an extra 90 min. for airmail to be transported from distant Hadley Field to Manhattan's postoffices. Last week there was an air pageant of jubilation above Newark airport. The field had been so improved in the past 18 months that N. A. T. dropped its objection, moved its depot to Newark. Result: 30 min. delivery...