Word: signalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tavatui on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, 1,000 mi. east of little Fraser, the station master decided it was all right to switch a freight train on to the through track, if he closed the semaphore signal. In the opposite direction a local passenger train roared into view. The engineer in the cab ran through the semaphore, head on into the freight train. Result: 33 dead, 68 injured. Last week in nearby Sverdlovsk a Red Court sentenced engineer and station master to be shot dead. Five others of the train and station crews got prison terms...
...supervisor peered into the beehive, gave an alarm signal. Some of the mounds on the mold floor had worked loose, were floating on the surface of the glass. The iron bolts holding them in place had melted...
Millions of radio listeners have long wished for some quick automatic way to convey their dislike of a program instantly to the broadcasting studio. Millions of other radio listeners have wished they could somehow signal applause. One evening last week in Manhattan a tall man with greying hair stepped up to a microphone, told his hearers they had not long to wait for their wish fulfillment. Dr. Nevil Monroe Hopkins' voice was tremulous with excitement. Seven years of work and thought had gone into his scheme for "Radiovotes" which he was now outlining in 15 minutes. As in elections...
...legged scorpion came skating over the water in a series of monotonous victories. This spring with a strong, heavy crew Oxford set about the business of acquiring a victory for a change. Practices were guarded and secret. A system of buzzers and bells was rigged in the boat to signal the beat in code, so the rival cox could not count the stroke. There were special instruction sessions in the London Rowing Club tank. The crew was shifted this way and that. No expense was spared to get a pair of specially designed shells. Thinking the new shells too slim...
...inception the present system of compulsory athletics for Freshmen was hailed as a signal contribution to the progress of physical education at Harvard. It aimed to establish in the Freshman year interest in sports which would be sufficient to insure active participation in later life. To this end each Freshman was forced to play some game three times a week under faculty supervision. This arrangement may be desirable in theory but in practice it merely antagonizes the student and, as attested by the recent position of protest, becomes another of the unpleasant duties of the first year...