Word: transmits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Easily secured by Mr. Stimson was the cooperation of both Britain and France, the latter country consenting to transmit his "reminder" to Russia (see p. 9). Soon after the "reminder" was transmitted, Statesman Stimson received formal assurance from China and Russia (the latter through French Ambassador Paul Claudel) that each would abide by the Kellogg Treaty, that neither intended to take hostile action in their dispute...
...year, Federal Radio Commission, arbiter in all wireless controversies, thought it had solved a problem. Confronted by many a press demand for the few remaining short-wave-length radio channels not in use, the Commission allocated 20 transcontinental channels for the sole use of newspapers and press associations to transmit news. Under the American Publishers Committee, a number of public utility corporations were to be formed to handle wireless press matter. But the problem was not solved, the Commission soon discovered. Loud were the cries of newspapers and news services charging unequal allotment, curtailment of their radio press facilities, expense...
...summer students at Columbia University. Said Dr. Coffin: ". . . Brachiopod teachers are at fault. Brachiopods are mollusk-like creatures, the most ancient inhabitants of this planet, which have always reproduced their own species, but never had any part in the evolution of other living creatures. . . . There are brachiopod teachers who transmit their own minds but do not stimulate students to advance human knowledge...
...fact that Clarke Bros., unsupervised, belonged to that class of banking institutions known as "private bankers" which do not have to be supervised as long as they do not describe themselves as "banks," do not accept deposits that at any time run under $500,? do not transmit money or negotiate notes. The $500 minimum deposit regulation (passed in 1914) is supposed to keep widows, orphans and other "small" depositors out of such banking houses. Present-day prosperity permits many to save $500 without having good banking judgment. Because Clarke Bros, conducted a private banking business, they have been erroneously...
...this opinion he was joined by the late great George Westinghouse. Both counselled against attempting to make and transmit Alternating Current, despite its comparative cheapness. Mr. Westinghouse had an alternative idea-Compressed Air, upon which he had been experimenting (e.g. his air-brake). The original plans of Cataract Construction Co. actually called for a plant at the Falls whence Mr. Westinghouse felt confident he could transmit compressed air to take the place of steam behind industrial pistons in Buffalo, 20 mi. away...