Word: signalling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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John Ballantyne, one of three Harvard signal-callers, kept the ball for three running plays, and handed once to Lou Sardonis, and Harvard was down to the 12 as the third quarter ended...
WINDS OF CHANGE, by Harold Macmillan. Britain's former Prime Minister has written his autobiography, not his memoirs, and this first volume ends as warbling air-raid sirens signal the start of World War II. Historians will find it a must; other readers will be intrigued by the glimpses into the tweed and broadcloth society of the 1920s...
...Thanks for Warning." Hilder's only hope of keeping Gidrofon out of the way of the less maneuverable carriers and cruisers is to place his ship between them. When the Conserver gets too close, the Russian quickly hoists three indignant signal flags: Code Kilo X-ray ("You should keep farther away"). On one occasion Hilder replied by flashing a light with a warning that U.S. subs were operating in the area. The Russian replied in clumsy English: "Thanks for warning. I are seeing submarines." Late last month the Gidrofon finally departed for its home port-probably Vladivostok. For days...
...PLANE CONTROL. U.S. forces in Viet Nam will get Litton Industries' computers to direct combat missions. With the aid of radar and display screens, airborne computers will show pilots precisely where to go, signal corrections if they stray off course. A command control plane will carry a computer no bigger than a big dictionary that will keep track of all planes in a strike; a similar computer could control the air traffic at a big-city airport...
...there will be a lot of faces, and a great deal of switching positions and personnel. But there are still some names to watch for. Dave Smith will be the starting quarterback. At 6 ft. 2 in. and 187 lbs, Smith will be the signal-caller "until someone beats him out," Lamar said...