Word: signaller
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...atom. Those infinitely tiny but infinitely active particles not only leap at each other explosively to form helium, but also by special jumps unite to form oxygen and nitrogen. The exact nature of the jump is not yet fully understood, but each different jump shoots off its own private signal, a ray of definite power...
...automobiles stood side by side, their motors rumbling, their front wheels on the starting-line of the Indianapolis speedway. At the flash of the signal the two roared off in a cloud of blue exhaust, the drivers handling their cars carefully, expertly, in anticipation of the 24-hour grind that lay ahead of them...
...name "Toc H" has an interesting and rather odd origin. During the War, when it was necessary to signal the name "Talbot", it was found difficult to make it or "Tal" understood "Toc", which has a more definite and sharp sound, was used as the solution of the problem The name has remained, and is that by which the society is known the world over...
Miller has never been popular. The people who look down from the roof of Madison Square Garden at hockey games had given him a nickname-"Red Light" Miller, drawing their title from the signal that flashes when a goal-guard lets in a shot. They had given Miller what is locally known as the Bronx Cheer, a huzzah of sarcastic intention. Rattled, Miller begged to be sent back to the minor leagues "where they wouldn't razz him." Now he was called to take the most important position on a team tied with the favorites for the hockey championship...
Gazing with wonder at the granite mountain in front of him, the boy did as he was told, and at the proper moment, gave a signal. Carrier-pigeons fluttered out of baskets to take the news to all the States. The flags on the mountain parted. Still veiled, but not obscured, by an April mist, the gigantic figure of a great soldier loomed, visible in detail to people on the plain 200 ft. below...