Word: waved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there is one) the theatre is apt to mean a playhouse within walking distance, at least, of Broadway, and the theatrical season a period that begins in the Fall with the appearance of an A. H. Woods bedroom-farce and ends shortly after straw-hat-day with a wave of musical comedies. Of course the a. N. Y. has heard about stock companies-but, if he reads theatrical reviews, he doubtless connects them with the grand old days...
Said he (in a speech before the English-speaking Union, in Manhattan) : " The histories studied in this country have been getting better and better," he continued. " But the fact must be faced that within the last few years this progress has been checked. There has set in a wave of reaction, and in almost every state of the union there is going on an agitation for the reintroduction of parochial patriotism into the histories and colleges...
...alphabet for radio, cable and telegraph was invented by Major General George 0. Squier, chief signal officer of the U. S. Army. Instead of dots, dashes and spaces of varying lengths of time, used in the Morse and Universal codes, General Squier's system employs three different wave intensities of each half cycle of alternating current (uniform in time), to represent the dot, dash and space, making various combinations for each character. This brings it into line with modern progress in electrical transmission, which has been revolutionized since Morse's alphabet, the development of which has stood still...
...schedule of wave lengths to clear up the congestion in radio broadcasting will go into effect May 15, as a result of the recent second national radio conference called by Secretary Hoover. The country has been divided into five zones: 1) New England and Middle Atlantic states; 2) Middle West; 3) South; 4) Prairie and Mountain states; 5) Pacific. Ten definite wave lengths have been assigned to the high-power long-distance transmitting stations (Class B) in each zone. Broadcasters will have to adhere to these under penalty. Arlington, the Government station, will probably be allowed a special wave length...
None of the wave lengths will go above 600 meters, which will be appreciated by amateurs with weak receiving sets. The 540 Class A stations which now use the 360-meter length will be allowed to retain it, but new stations weaker than Class B must come into the 222-300 band. The Department of Commerce is enlarging its forces to cover the country in nine inspection districts and check the wave lengths of every station...