Word: signal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...COPY OF THE LETTER TO "DAD" AND SIGNED "LEE," DET. 120TH SIGNAL RADIO INTELLIGENCE, IN OCT. 12 ISSUE OF TIME, SHOULD BE SENT TO EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND POSTED IN EVERY DEFENSE PLANT IN AMERICA. IT IS THE TRUEST AND MOST POIGNANT EXPRESSION OF THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS TODAY. IT IS A RINGING CHALLENGE TO EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED AND NOT FOUND WANTING...
...Walter Bailey's porch looked skeptical, but watched more closely. The column clanked off. Then the watchers saw a second wave of infantry worming up to the road. An armored car rolled by full of singing Negroes. This time the infantry fired before Bailey could signal. The car wheeled and bolted over the roadside through the infantry, but was flagged down by the umpire. The Negroes had been so surprised that they forgot to fire. The infantry claimed not only gunfire but two well-landed grenades. "Did you throw any real object to simulate a grenade?" the umpire asked...
Then they rushed to seats in the stands, at a signal from an officer on the top of the Stadium, filling the entire sections from one through three. They were cautioned by their commander, Colonel Francis A. Doniat, professor of Military Science and Tactics, "remember, we must leave room for the Navy." This remark was greeted with "Oh, yea," from several Freshmen...
Union members, allowed to tour their building in groups of ten or 15 (except for first-floor visits to pay dues, basement trips to bowl), see a façade of marble and glass brick, electric eyes to signal fouls by bowlers, a cocktail lounge with mahogany bar and deeply cushioned leather seats-a colossus of chrome and indirect lighting. Total cost...
...contest. The Indians will be bolstered by a speedy backfield which will be invaluable in the last quarter dash to McBride's and other points on the invariably confused field of battle. In addition, the entire squad has mastered English especially for the game, thus allowing the signal caller to cease his sign-language tactics...