Word: signalizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Patrolman Prior, coming to Murphy's aid, was jostled by the crowd, and his hat knocked off, Seeing all the signs of a riot in this act, Prior drew his gun, and holding the students at bay, backed to the signal box on the square, and turned in a call for assistance...
...explained, a radio receiving set. He snowed how the aerial, a tiny wire, could be fastened to the lapel, buttons or cuffs of one's coat. He brought out collapsible earphones and an electric bulb to be attached to one's person conveniently. The bulb would signal when one was being called. It would signal to policemen on their beats, for instance, if headquarters wanted to broadcast the description and license number of an automobileful of thugs fleeing town. Chief Zober and his aids were impressed by the device's perfect functioning for a radius...
...rooms where the many courses on stagecraft and writing are conducted. The elaborate lighting switches, the large stage under the main auditorium where experimental work may be conducted on a large scale, the main stage with a loft of 75 feet and a depth of 80 feet, and the signal system for calling the actors and directing the production are among the many conveniences which the new Yale theatre affords. While Harvard has given up her great opportunity for a complete theatrical system which she herself started, is it not to be hoped that in the same breath with which...
...There are other features of the huddle which are of great value to the team which has the ball. It assures that the signal will be understood by the whole team. It allows for slight modifications in the plays to take advantages of weakness in the defense. Furthermore it allows men to be shifted in the lineup without attracting the attention of the defense, thus making better use of the available weapons in a perfectly legitimate manner...
...huddle should not base their criticism on the performance of poorly coached teams. A properly coached team huddles within three-yards of the ball and leaves the huddle fast. While they are in the huddle the quarterback is the only one to speak, and he merely gives the signal. Records show that the average number of plays in a game is as great with the huddle system as it was with the old system of calling signals, so the huddle does not slow up the game. As for stalling, the referee is near enough to know what goes...