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Word: wave (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...transatlantic cable failure and sunspot-caused interference of short wave radio broadcasting dissolved yesterday's proposed debate between members of the Harvard Debate Council and the Cambridge University Debate Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cable Break, Radio Interference Foil Plan for Transatlantic Debate | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

Since that time, she said, "we have been able to reach England but unable to receive any replies." The BBC continued regular weekly programs by short wave radio and plans were made after the cable failure to transmit the debate in the same...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cable Break, Radio Interference Foil Plan for Transatlantic Debate | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

James D. Lorenz, Jr. '60, President of the Harvard Debate Council, stated that the debate will be postponed "for at least three weeks" until the transatlantic cable can be repaired. "We will not rely on the short wave radio alone again," he affirmed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cable Break, Radio Interference Foil Plan for Transatlantic Debate | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

Police snapped a crime wave in the freshman dormitories Sunday night with the arrest of five local youths. The group was apprehended shortly after allegedly taking $250 worth of records from the Holworthy room of William E. Wessels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Youths Arrested For Yard Thefts | 2/17/1959 | See Source »

...house," says Conductor Erich Leinsdorf. "That is proper for a democracy, is it not?" The "best seat" is a living room sofa facing a wall equipped with two speakers six to eight feet apart. If listener and speakers are positioned correctly, there seems to issue from the wall a wave of what is known as stereophonic sound. Nothing has so excited listeners and record makers since, more than a decade ago, the long-playing disk ushered in the Age of High Fidelity. Stereophony's extra clarity and depth have not had the immediate impact on the public that high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Rise of Stereo | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

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