Word: radioing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soviet radio stopped short of attacking the Shah, a backhanded tribute to his popularity. A brooding, impulsive, often irritable man, the Shah at 39 is the one unifying force in the nation. Some of his supporters wish he were more like his father, the decisive, brusque Reza Shah "the Great," who rose from army noncom to the throne of the King of Kings and who showed his displeasure immediately, as when he once dragged a losing jockey from his horse and publicly kicked him in the belly. The young Shah knows that Iran needs a strong, tough hand like...
Cheng Ch'i's world news is provided by radio cable from Nationalist China's Central News Agency in Taipei; many of its features come from 40 uniformed correspondents in forward posts; its local news is gathered by two fulltime reporters. Counting delivery boys, Cheng Ch'i's staff numbers 70. Average salary: $10 a month, plus free firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, clothing and cigarettes...
...more people were responsible for the death of the Lindbergh baby than Bruno Hauptmann, who was executed for the crime. Calling Schwarzkopf's investigation "the most bungled police job in history," the Governor refused to reappoint him. West Pointer Schwarzkopf went on to more fame as narrator of radio's Gang Busters series, re-entered the Army and was sent to Iran during World War II to reorganize the imperial police force and to keep supply lines open to Russia...
...sweeping is the program's scope that the researchers will have their own two-way radio station and police permission to interview any and all recalcitrant witneses. The radio will be used to alert the investigators as soon as any fatalities occur...
...psychologist, a traffic engineer, an automotive engineer, and a mechanic, alerted by radio, will be sent immediately to the scene of fatal crashes. At the same time a physician will be sent to the hospital to interview and examine the driver involved if possible, or to arrange for a special autopsy, which will search for causes for the fatalities which would not be readily apparent...