Word: nevile
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ORDEAL-Nevil Shute-Morrow...
...Author last year showed his knack for popularization in his bestseller, Kindling, the tale of a Banker Bountiful who rescues an unemployed shipyard town. More effective, Ordeal gives him material closer home. Pilot in the Royal Air Force Reserve, Author Shute (real name: Nevil Shute Norway) was deputy chief engineer (later chief) of construction of the airship R100, sailed with her on the first trip to Canada. In 1931 he formed an airplane company, saw it grown to 1,000 employes when he resigned last April. Ordeal to the contrary, Author Shute declares he is no alarmist. Average casualty rate...
...nominations for directors of the Harvard Fund Council are Philip W., Wrenn '94, Boston, finance; Christian H. Haberkorn, Jr., '12, Detroit, finance; Nevil Ford '13, New York, finance; Clay Judson '14, Chicago, law; Augustus Thorndike, Jr., 19, Boston, medicine; Francis Kernan, Jr., '24, New York, finance; John E. Toulmin '25, Boston, finance; and Alexander J. Cassatt '27, Philadelphia, finance...
...Manhattan last week Nevil Monroe Hopkins excitedly announced that voting by radio was closer to realization than ever. Three years ago this tall, grey electrical engineer, who gets wide-eyed and trembly-voiced when his enthusiasm mounts, described his invention which he thought would enable radio listeners to signal at once to the broadcaster the fact that they were listening, and whether they liked or disliked what they heard (TIME, April 2, 1934). Radio sets would be provided with three buttons marked "Present" (tuned to the station taking the vote), "Yes" and "No." Each button would close a circuit through...
...program instantly to the broadcasting studio. Millions of other radio listeners have wished they could somehow signal applause. One evening last week in Manhattan a tall man with greying hair stepped up to a microphone, told his hearers they had not long to wait for their wish fulfillment. Dr. Nevil Monroe Hopkins' voice was tremulous with excitement. Seven years of work and thought had gone into his scheme for "Radiovotes" which he was now outlining in 15 minutes. As in elections, individual votes are submerged by the mass vote under the Hopkins plan, which works through electric power stations...