Word: warne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Even by Middle East standards, the campaign was rough. In the capital city of Beirut, ten people were wounded by a bomb. In Akkar, Mohammed's convoy was ambushed, and two men were shot. In alarm, President Camille Chamoun summoned the north Lebanon candidates to his mansion, to warn them that such violence must not take place on election...
...crowds surged onto the field, trying hard to keep their cricket manners (e.g., signs warn that anyone asking for autographs may be removed from the grounds). But they wound up hugging and kissing their heroes and thumping them on the back. The press exploded in typographical fireworks. Bannered...
...fast-breaking news, correspondents often telephoned London at the same time that they cabled their censored dispatches. If they strayed a single word from the censored text, the telephone line always went abruptly dead. To warn deskmen in A.P.'s London bureau, Gilmore sometimes wrote at the end of a dispatch, "Please give this a careful reading; I had to write it in a hurry," which they knew meant "The censor's been hacking at this one; watch it closely...
...Thomas H. MacDonald estimated that 75,000 miles of the nation's main highways are "critically deficient," and that "we are falling behind in their rebuilding at the rate of 5,000 miles a year." Other experts, such as New York City's Park Commissioner Robert Moses, warn that the U.S. must double its road-building outlays over the next ten years to $5 billion annually. The big question is: Where should the money come from...
Zworykin admits that it will be a long time before U.S. superhighways are made automatic, but he sees no insurmountable obstacles. First stage would be simple guiding cables, which would have considerable value when visibility is poor. Next would come the buried transmitters to warn of obstacles on the road. These, thinks Zworykin. will probably have to wait until transistors are available in quantity; vacuum tubes in the transmitters would demand too much current. Final stage would be a complete system to deliver driverless vehicles at their destinations unguided by human hands...