Word: signalization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...brightly in advertisement of its wares -and at just such times mobs of Communists surged through the streets in a destructive frenzy. At other times, the sign went dark, and the crowds knew that the police were coming. The sign was just one device used by the Communists to signal their followers when the coast was clear and when to watch for the cops during the worst week of rioting since the crown colony's troubles began...
...system hinges on the installation of an atomic clock and a 40-lb. computer mechanism in every U.S. commercial aircraft. At three-second intervals, precisely timed signals from the computers would surround each aircraft with a protective electronic bubble. When one bubble touched another, the system would trigger an audio-visual alarm and possibly give the pilots a harmless electric shock. In today's jets, the warning would come 60 seconds prior to possible collision, when the aircraft were about 20 miles apart. Twenty seconds later, after electronic analysis of courses, speeds and altitudes, the sensor-computers would signal...
...cascade of multicolored awning stripes. Ellsworth Kelly does three giant, economy-size rectangles of flat color (one each of red, yellow and blue) covering 89 sq. ft. Alfred Jensen's four-paneled impasto consists of dozens of big squares, little squares, houndstooth checks, checkerboards and signal flags-all in a canvas measuring 7 ft. by 28 ft. Alex Katz deftly pinpoints a life-size Lawn Party, in a realistically painted 9-ft. by 12-ft. canvas populated by all his friends and neighbors down in Maine...
...shot away during the air attack and the "holiday ensign" (7 ft. by 13 ft.) run up to replace it as the attackers bore in was obscured by flames and smoke. After their torpedo run, Israeli PT-boat commanders evidently realized their mistake and stopped astern of Liberty to signal: "Do you need assistance?" When
...dessert when the background musicians, a championship jazz group from North Texas State University, ventured into Take the A Train, Ellington's theme song. Excusing himself from the table, the Duke moved into the motorman's seat at the piano, got the collegians home without missing a signal. What did he think of the young band? asked the King. "I wish it were mine," deadpanned the maestro...