Word: tuning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Frankenheimer sandwiched his work in between his cast's commitments to Broadway shows, even insisted that Robards move in with him so that he could keep the convivial actor under surveillance. One TV crew member summed up the strain in a ditty fitted to a My Fair Lady tune: "I'm getting murdered in the morning/ Ding dong the Bell is going to chime...
...night gets a poor response. That's why I prefer concerts to night clubs. When somebody is willing to lay out money for tickets to hear me, I know they're interested. Almost anybody is likely to wander into a night club, though, and they may not be in tune with my 'great artistry...
...Prince (who resigned as King in 1955 because he likes being Premier better) has welcomed aid missions to Cambodia from the U.S., France, Russia and Communist China alike. After tours of Red China and the U.S., he proclaimed himself impressed by both. But Neutralist Sihanouk is sadly out of tune with his next-door neighbors on the Gulf of Siam...
Hooked with the Measles. Calling the tune as he hears it, Columnist Gleason has earned such a reputation among San Francisco jazz addicts that his column of praise made a hit out of Louie Armstrong's earthy recording of Mack the Knife after it had been all but ignored by local stations. On occasion, the amiable Gleason can peel skin. He risked the formidable anger of Pat Boone fans by describing Pat as "nice, clean-cut, antiseptic, spiritless, pallid, pretentious and even a bit of a phony." Last week, in his syndicated column, he took a long look...
Bearing & Distance. VOR/DMET and Decca are radically different. VOR/DMET* gives the distance and direction from each of many individual stations. The navigator can tune to the frequency of a VOR/DMET station and see his compass bearing from that station appear in degrees on a dial. Then he sends a signal to the station, which replies by telling him his distance from it in nautical miles. By plotting the bearing and measuring off this distance on his chart, he can pinpoint his airplane's position and set his course accordingly...