Word: unites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Following the Army's plan of integrating the University's courses into ROTC training, the Air Force Reserve unit here will allow its students to take two non-military half courses given by the University for ROTC credit, Colonel Waldo B. Jones, professor of Air Science announced yesterday...
Coach Harvey Love, who left yesterday with his heavyweight crews, has made no changes since last week's impressive victory. Stroked by Fritz Schwarz, the varsity eight has overcome early uncertainty and now is working effectively as a unit...
...Marseille's Radiant City (TIME, Feb. 2, 1948 et seq.) and India's new city of Chandigarh (TIME, June 8, 1953), submitted the most controversial project of all. In an effort to win over Europe's most famed architect, Berlin city officials agreed to waive low unit costs, promised Le Corbusier a top commission, drew the line only when plans for his 300-apartment building showed ceilings only 7 ft. 5 in. high. "Le Corbu" argued such low ceilings were "adequate for Americans and London bobbies, so why not for Berliners," threatened to withdraw. In one week...
...brightest prospects for a long-term boom are in central residential systems that provide year-round heating and cooling of houses. Installed cost: $1,000 for a six-room General Electric unit, v. $1,500 in 1952. Last year 130,000 central units were installed in U.S. homes, up 68.5% in one year. This year, central-unit sales are expected to leap another 23% to 160,000 units. Moreover, some 25 million U.S. homeowners who have central heating plants are potential customers for built-in airconditioning...
...Powered Radio. A transistor radio that gets its power from either batteries or the sun's rays was demonstrated by Admiral Corp. To convert the radio to sun power, a small box-shaped unit containing silicon is plugged into the back. The unit absorbs sun rays and transforms them into electrical energy. Placed by a window or in a sunny place, it can gather and store enough energy to operate the radio even on overcast days. The radio will go on sale next month at $59.95, the sun unit...