Word: wave
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into the convention and plead that "experience has taught us that both plans [of union organization] can be included" in the Federation. But William Green's words fell on hostile ears. At one point he was booed so relentlessly that John Lewis had to heave himself up and wave for silence. "What delegates wish to change their votes after the address of the President of the American Federation of Labor?" cried Miner Lewis. Silence. "What delegates wish to renew their decision?" The cheering delegates rose...
...electric refrigerator. The forecastle will quarter some 20 Chinese seamen. Subscribing Shipmates subject to seasickness may pay the extra cost of having their bunks hung on gimbals like a binnacle. There will be twin Diesel engines to propel the craft through the windless Red Sea, and a short-wave radio to broadcast its progress to the waiting world...
...junk," explained Captain Kilkenny last week, "is duck-shaped rather than fish-shaped, so it can plunge into the trough of a wave and rise again almost vertically without shipping water...
...scientists plan to obtain spectrograms of the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere and of the brilliant corona over a wide range of wave lengths. They will study especially the infra-red region of the spectrum, where present knowledge is only fragmentary...
Crocker First National is a highly personal institution. With the exception of the elder Mr. Crocker, all officials sit on an open raised platform at the end of the marble banking room. Executives wander about, chat at length, wave to customers below. Preferring a little office just off the platform to his luxurious quarters upstairs, old Mr. Crocker trots in & out, beaming through his waggling beard...