Word: tower
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...players took their positions, learning on the bridge rail. An argument soon developed as to where the Sputnik would come from. "I read in the CRIMSON that the Lowell House tutors said it appeared directly over the bell tower," a boy focusing a telescope suggested. It was suggested, however, that, at the time of that sighting, it was extremely improbable that the Lowell tutors could be certain of the whereabouts of the tower...
...Eliot House tower was designated point of origin, and the players then began the next phase of the game, which consists of shivering and rubbing one's hands together...
Through a new control room, cables, and a microwave link installed atop Memorial Hall tower, TV programs can now originate from Sanders. New lighting equipment consisting of eight 1,000-watt and twelve 2,000-watt units provide "a considerable increase in intensity," according to Henry Muller, deputy Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds...
...finned, flying-wedge "forward look," Chrysler Corp. is in no hurry to make any drastic changes. But while keeping the same finned look, President Lester Lum ("Tex") Colbert announced some innovations in 1958 models designed to attract still more buyers. One noticeable style change is the addition of "control tower" windshields that wrap up into the roof as well as around, making it easier to see overhead traffic lights. New accessories include a rear-view mirror on the left front fender that can be remotely controlled from the dashboard, a defroster to keep condensation off the rear window...
Outside the glass tower of the United Nations on Manhattan's East River, a group of pickets paraded every night last week with outsized flashlights. Periodically they flashed the beams, filtered through translucent green paper, against the walls of the U.N. Assembly building. In Europe, green is a symbol for hope. Inside the U.N., the Eleventh General Assembly had met in special session to talk about Hungary...