Word: signalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harvard's football team went through a light practice session yesterday but in the signal drill that finished up the workout Coach Horween shifted his teams around considerably indicating that there might be several lineup changes when the Crimson plays William and Mary on Saturday...
Wertheim's, Germans firmly believe, is the "Largest Department Store in the World," sells everything from toothpicks to limousines. Its block-long façade contains 36 large, shimmering plate-glass windows. Abruptly, at a mysterious signal, out from pockets leaped stones, smashed every Wertheim pane and many another...
...town be permitted to install traffic lights. There must be a minimum total of 500 vehicles an hour at an intersection where 25 per cent of the traffic is cross traffic. If the number of cars per hour falls below the standard for a period of 120 minutes, the signal must be turned off. These requirements were suggested by the Erskine Bureau which had made a complete study of motor travel in the state...
...McClintock, who laid out the traffic signal plans for Chicago, Kansas City, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, revealed that in many cases small towns or store districts desired lights merely for the purpose of adding prestige to their localities. In one extreme instance 45 sets of signals were equally distributed among the aldermen of a certain town to be handed out for political gain. Education of the public, however, is quickly doing away with such conditions...
...Signal systems may be divided into two categories: independent and coordinated. The independent lights change at fixed intervals or may be changed by electrical contact caused by a car approaching the intersection. Coordinated lights are controlled in relation to other lights and may be simultaneous or progressive. Simultaneous lights are used in New York, but are technically unsound because they result in a high moving speed and a slow overall rate. The progressive lights as they are used on Washington Street in Boston are theoretically ideal and permit a quick and continuous flow of traffic...