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...time for dinner, but Fred von Rekowsky, New York City "ham" radio operator, was determined not to turn off his set until he found out what the distant voice was trying to say. It seemed to want "New York only." The static was bad, but through it he caught a murmur of soft English: "Emergency . . . to try and save a child's life...
...20th Century icons at New York's Fordham University. Their modern icons dealt with the same devotional subjects-Christ Enthroned, The Archangel Michael, St. Nicholas, The Annunciation-as the 15th Century masterpieces. Painted in tempera on cypress or pine, they also had much of the same timeless, static charm...
...blowing," said President Noah Porter, might be very invigorating, but it was no time to lose sight of older duties. Thus, for the next four decades, while the rest of the U.S. was exuberantly spawning new schools, new courses, and daring teaching techniques at breathless speed, Yale remained comparatively static. Not until James Rowland Angell blew in from Michigan in 1921 did the new Yale rise, St. Petersburg-fashion, where shops, lots, and dilapidated dorms had been before...
...Forest in a letter to the New York Times: "In the past I have complained bitterly about some of the uses to which 'my children,' radio and television, have been put . . . [But] what an aid to democracy talking pictures, radio and television can be. Instead of a static photograph or a brief glimpse of a man going by in a car, the American citizen can see and hear his leaders in action and get to know and judge them for himself. I am a proud parent today...
...Hart Schaffner & Marx is also using Dacron in 3,500 summer-weight suits to go on sale in 75 stores for $79.50. These suits are a blend of 55% Dacron and 45% wool. Hart Schaffner & Marx says it added the wool because all Dacron builds up a charge of static electricity during dry weather, clings to the skin. Du Pont has been working on this, has made a lot of progress in solving...