Word: powerfully
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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President-elect Elmer Henderson sounded the war cry: "Let's face our battle of Armageddon . . . No other profession, in . . . this country, has been brought under such violent attack by those ambitious for political power over...
Said he: "Our future prosperity [depends upon] an intensification of technological progress . . . increasing productivity [and] a constantly broadening distribution of purchasing power by an ever-improving ratio of prices to wages [i.e., higher wages or lower prices]. Unless the buying power of the masses, whose wants create markets, is progressively expanding, business will have to be content with a virtually static situation...
...Fort Lauderdale, Fla., several thousand children gathered at Stranahan Field to see Santa parachute from a plane hired by the Chamber of Commerce. As he floated down, the children screamed in terror; a gust of wind wafted Santa onto some power lines nearby (see cut). Unhurt, Santa was helped down, and began passing out candy...
...clause of the new regulations, however, limits the power of these stations to around a tenth of what they had been using. WHRB and about seventy other stations send their programs through steam pipes and coaxial cables, a process which takes a lot of power. If the cut is enforced, they will be reduced to broadcasting soft squeaks...
...present time, the final adoption of these rules will be held up until the FCC finishes talking about color television. When they finally come up for approval, the FCC ought to reconsider its clause on cutting power. The rest of the regulations can eliminate the problem of interference quite nicely, and college radio does not deserve to be short-circuited out of business...