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Word: soundingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tall, blond, truthful Aryan, I am sufficiently gifted mentally and not too afraid of the sound of my own voice to ask you respectfully why The Nazi Primer was reviewed in TIME of Aug. 22 under the heading of "Non-Fiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 26, 1938 | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

A.R.R.L. engineers concluded that he had listened for NBC's sound, had reached under the table to plug in his power supply for pictures. In withdrawing his hand he seemed to have brushed loose a high-voltage wire, got a shock which threw him to the floor. There the loose wire apparently completed the circuit to his earphones, may have carried through his head more than a full ampere of current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Lethal Machine | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

...identification card bearing on the reverse a legal waiver releasing any motorist kind enough to offer a lift from liability in case of accident. Encouraged by the Roman Catholic faculty at St. Ambrose, Thumber Fiese plans to enlist 800 more colleges. Says he: "We believe our fundamental idea is sound and . . . that our organization will benefit society. ... I have a girl friend in Beloit and visit there weekends. That isn't the reason I thought of this plan, but the R. C. T. emblem sure helps get a hitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Thumbs Up | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

...bites of air to maintain the ship's speed and altitude. By increasing the pitch of propeller blades bigger bites are possible, but wind-tunnel experiments have indicated that any propeller's effectiveness reaches a limit when the speed of its blade tips surpasses the speed of sound (at sea level, 780 m.p.h.; at 20,000 ft., 500 m.p.h.). When propeller tips reach the speed of sound, they find themselves in a sort of dead heat with the sound waves they are generating. These waves, unable to get away from a source traveling just as fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: High & Fast | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

Straining of tackle and the sound of a drill were the aftermaths of Wednesday's hurricane as the University began to pick up its debris yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Upperclassmen Register Today; Two Thirds to Freshmen Here as Hurricane Aftermath, Floods Isolate New England | 9/24/1938 | See Source »

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