Word: signalization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While we refrain here from entering into the many pros and cons of the China question--more specifically the nationwide signal that seems to have been given for Red China recognition--it strikes us as worthy of attention to note the increasingly influential roles being assigned in our top echelons of government to former Harvard graduates, including also the new Budget Director David Bell and the new Defense Director Robert McNamara...
...sufferer, sidewalks sag, buildings wag. These are some of the symptoms that signal the onslaught of Meniere's disease, a recurring disorder of the inner ear that can in acute cases destroy the sense of balance and cause violent nausea, severe vertigo and progressive deafness. First recorded in detail by a 19th century French ear doctor, Prosper Meniere, the disease has been attributed to a variety of causes-cysts, tumors, allergy, arterial spasms, bacterial or viral infections, even psychological factors-and tends to disappear with the passage of time...
...first time, old naval rivalries were cast aside as the four nations learned to work together. There were no major arguments, few errors, and the commanders got around the language barrier by carrying out maneuvers via the International General Signal Book. As the Odax pulled every trick in the submariner's book, the South Americans learned the newest ship-maneuvering techniques, how to handle the most modern MAD (Magnetic Anomaly Detector) and sonar gear to track, corner and kill the sub. Sonar operators even learned how to tell the type of sub by the quality of its "ping...
What message will the aliens send if they want to be understood by earthlings? Purcell suggests that a simple on-off signal will be easiest to detect, and is most likely to be sent. But he speculates that many messages of varying difficulty may be sent simultaneously, which is not hard to do. Aliens on a planet of Epsilon Eridani, a likely star, will not expect to get an answer from the solar system in less than 22 years. But by sending simultaneous messages, they can educate their earthside listeners quickly. Besides simple number series, says Purcell, the messages will...
...days they call McGuire "The Fox." Riding the bench as though it were a bronco in full buck, McGuire baits officials ("I must hold the Carolina record for technical fouls"), indicates uncontrollable wrath by rising ominously from his seat and taking off his coat. Behind him, as if on signal, Abbey rooters stand to doff theirs in sympathy. Showman McGuire has also outraged basketball purists by offering to buy every spectator an ice-cream bar if Abbey lost-it did, but the ice cream was donated free by a manufacturer-and by insisting that there are "no secrets to basketball...