Word: rpm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Upon submitting his senior thesis in April 1943, an elated Harold F. Van Ummerson 44 ran down to the Harvard radio station, inspired to do something unusual. For the next three hours, he played all of Beethoven's symphonies in numerical order, changing the 78 RPM records every three or four minutes...
Although the blaze blackened one wall and portion of the calling Wilson said only the couch and lamp suffered damages by fire and water. "The turntable is tuning about 80 rpm, but it might dry out," he added...
This kind of thing replaces the Herbie the Dentist business and the abominable snowman odyssey in the TV version, which is probably a plus since the record is consequently only the size of a 45 rpm...
...NOTEBOOK: In addition to Allen, another pivotal Harvard basketball personality ended his career last night. Dave Scheper, WHRB play-by-play man by winter and football center by fall, did his 78 rpm swan song on 93.5 FM. Final Ivy Basketball Standings Penn 11-3 Princeton 11-3 Brown 8-6 Yale 8-6 Harvard 6-8 Columbia 6-8 Cornell 3-11 Dartmouth 3-11 Penn to play Princeton Tuesday night to determine NCAA berth