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Sample sentence from the test: "Again he mused, 'These laryngeal effulgences, I suppose, are the sine qua non of ethereal broadcasting.'" The NBC versions of key words: uh GEN; myoozd; luh RIN ji'l; i FUHL j'n s'z; suh POZ (not spoz); SI nee kwa NAHN; i THIER i'l; BRAWD kasting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Laryngeal Effulgences | 3/5/1945 | See Source »

...first start to blink your eyes?" Harold then related, in sharp detail, two frightening experiences apparently at the age of about six or eight months: 1) sitting in his mother's lap at the movies, he was terrified by a picture of a "wolf" (probably Rin-Tin-Tin, says Lindner); 2) next morning, waking early in his cradle, he saw that his father, looking wolfish, seemed to be hurting his mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hypnoanalysis | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

HENRY MAXWELL went around school the entire day before he noticed that someone had changed his name tag to "RIN TIN TIN". . . would that have made his "wolfing" legitimate? . . . and speaking of women. . . Platoon Seven of Charlie lost two more to the fair sex when CHARLEY RITT and BOB SPORE tied the knot to gals named "HELEN". . . any way, its one method of getting a leave...

Author: By Melvin Parnell, | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 7/6/1943 | See Source »

...Angeles' most distinguished dogs have hitherto been cinemactors. Many of them are in the Army now. To guard Los Angeles Harbor defenses, 25 dogs are being trained to walk post with sentries, sniff out spies and saboteurs. More than 1,000 dog owners, including the owner of Rin Tin Tin III, have offered the services of their pets. Dogs of war must be. 1) big; 2) intelligent. Best types: German shepherds, Doberman pinschers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy And Civilian Defense: Dogs of War | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Myrna Loy blinks sweetly through hell and high water, and if she isn't completely oblivious to what's going on, she is well on her way. Asta, the poor man's Rin-Tin-Tin, is back again, but to most moviegoers his cute trick of looking for stray fire-hydrants is about as worn out as the hydrants must be by this time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/26/1941 | See Source »

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