Word: transmitting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nonetheless, important to understand this most recent use of symbolism for what it was: a cosmetic means of finessing the absence of a comprehensive urban policy. Carter is simply not ready to transmit his compassion into concrete initiatives; he is not fully committed to helping rebuild the cities--the visual image of him in the Bronx notwithstanding. Such was clear from something the President said during the visit: that there is no need to search for solutions beyond programs already proposed or in existence...
...patients at another Johannesburg hospital also harbored the new strain. Though some showed no symptoms of pneumonia, others became ill and one patient died. The danger, says Epidemiologist Fraser, is that patients' relatives and hospital staff members can carry the bacteria in their throats and remain well, yet transmit the infection to others who will become seriously ill. Thus a seemingly healthy air traveler from Johannesburg could, within a day, carry the virulent new pneumococci to any part of the world...
...janitor, his job still means stability." On the basis of studies, he adds: "Typically, those who can get established with a job in an urban environment can pass this stability on to their kids. Those who can't are likely to pass on more than just poverty. They also transmit poor educational opportunities and a sense of hopelessness...
DIED. Edward E. Kleinschmidt, 101, inventor of the Teletype machine used to transmit news around the globe; of heart disease; in Canaan, Conn. A tinkerer as a child, Kleinschmidt was only 15 when he began work on the Teletype, an invention that eventually made him a multimillionaire. Among his 100-odd patented inventions: the stock market ticker, an automatic fishing reel, a police radio-teleprinter and a macaroni-twisting machine...
...heavy is the concentration of communications operations in midtown Manhattan that the New York blackout had an impact that was immediately felt throughout the nation-and the world as well. All three networks transmit their signals from New York by air waves to relay towers and satellites-or by cables-for pickups by affiliate stations across the country. The two major U.S. wire services, Associated Press and United Press International, feed news from New York headquarters to more than 16,000 U.S. and foreign newspapers, radio stations and TV news desks. Scores of New York-based syndicates, ranging from...