Word: wave
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...should be understood here that only very short wave impulses could be sent out by the amateur and only very small power was available, whereas, with the large commercial and military wireless stations, where plenty of money was available, long waves and large powers were made use of. The amateur therefore found himself faced with the inability to buy anything suitable to his means. He therefore must needs build it. This is just exactly what he did, and it is one of the striking features of this wonderful new art, that the amateur has been able to accomplish what...
...know where the scene is laid) is worth a hundred "Getting Gertie's Garters" and "Demi-Virgins", and shows what vaudeville can be when it tries to break the spell the mawkish hack writers. Mr. Mason has all the "fat" lines, and he is on the crest of the wave all the time. The rafters were loosened and the audience was left hungry for more...
...scrap dealers, chambers of commerce, and editors of trade papers to meet this week at the Philadelphia Navy Yard." It is not too big a meeting when the tonnage involved runs into the millions. Part of it will be actual scrapping, we presume, as when Mr. Ford offers to wave the magic acetylene torch and turn gun-turrets into livers. Part of the scrapping will be figurative for the Government is offering for sale old cruisers, convertible into merchant ships. But, obviously, the thing is more than a job; it is an industry...
...little irregularities are always a temptation for the would-be humorist, and the editors were tempted to use a red-ink screamer headline, with three-column photographs of the culprits. But the present case in by no means a matter for jest. The backwash of a world-wide crime wave has reached our peaceful community, and the list of victims is growing daily. Reports of petty and larger thefts come in steadily; swindling is not uncommon; suspicious characters are frequently seen about the dormitories...
Reports are continually coming to the College police concerning cases of stealing, in which the losses vary from one to several hundred dollars. That such a situation should exist in Cambridge at the present time is not surprising: a wave of robbery has affected every university and college in the country. As most of the crooks resort to exceedingly clever methods in playing their trade, it will be very difficult to stop the stealing unless the students cooperate with the College police...