Word: objections
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Already the station has made tentative contracts with various suppliers for the necessary transmitting equipment, when and if approval comes. The FCC apparently frowns upon any purchase of equipment before a license has been granted. It regards this as undue pressure, although it does not object to tentative contractual agreements. Yet within six months after the construction license has been granted, the FCC insists that the station be ready for operation. Otherwise it will not grant an operating license, normally a routine procedure...
...Olympics, champion by a bare three-quarters of an inch over Darrow Hooper, Parry was convinced it was time to perfect his private style. Says he solemnly: "It's an application of physics which says that the longer you apply pressure or force to an inanimate object, the farther it will go. My style is geared to allow me to apply force for the longest time before releasing the shot." Boiled down to its essentials, the O'Brien put begins with the putter at the rear of the ring, crouching low over his right leg, his back turned...
Other electronic toys are less complicated. General Molds & Plastics Corp. has a "Brainy Bug" ($5) that keeps on the move, automatically changing direction when its "feelers" touch an object; Bedico of Germany has a helicopter ($28.95) that is directed by a two-levered control box; Science Electronics, Inc. has an Erec-Tronic Transistor Set ($14.95) that gives young engineers a choice of nine different crystal and transistor radio circuits that can be built without soldering or tools...
...Louis Marx & Co.'s "Tricky Tommy-The Big Brain-Tractor" ($5) is battery-operated, has a driver who appears to shift gears when he bumps into an object, changes direction and keeps rolling...
...patronize them. If House Dances are popular, they could make money on a voluntary basis. If they are unpopular but are still deemed worthy of existence, perhaps some Dance Studio or finishing school could subsidize them. As it is the rule makes them intolerably crowded and drives those who object to hordes of dancers in search of more expensive entertainment...