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JAMES L. KINCAID, Winthrop; Freshman Intramural Athletics; Union Debate Council; Bridge Club; Delta Sigma Rho; University Debate Council President; Ivy League Debate Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '58 Permanent Class Committee Candidates | 12/5/1957 | See Source »

STEVEN R. RIVKIN, Lowell; Crimson; Debate Council; Delta Sigma Rho; HYDC; Society for Minority Rights; Hillel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '58 Permanent Class Committee Candidates | 12/5/1957 | See Source »

Robert M. O'Neil--Winthrop House; President, Harvard Debate Council; President, Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa; Junior Usher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elections for '56 Permanent Class Committee Start Today | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

...aircraft engineering jargon, rho is distance, theta is azimuth, i.e., compass bearing to the transmitting station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Confusion in the Cockpit | 5/30/1955 | See Source »

Last week the Air Force announced plans for a new, long-range radio station, which, it hopes, will solve the problem. Dubbed "Navarho" ("Nav" for navigation, "a"' for aid, "rho" for the Greek letter symbol meaning distance), the powerful 15-kw. station will be built near Camden, N.Y. Its three 625-ft. transmitting towers will send out low-frequency signals over 2,500 to 3,000 miles. Friendly (and enemy) aircraft from the Azores to Seattle will be able to take a radio bearing into their electronic apparatus, measure their distance from Camden by comparing signals from the three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Navarho | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

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