Word: waves
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lectures will be given at 8 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall at Harvard and will be broadcast over the non-commercial short wave station W1XAL...
...international short wave station WIXAL, of Boston a non-commercial organization devoted entirely to educational and cultural programs, will transmit the lectures on a frequency of 11.79 megacycles or 25.4 metres...
...sound strategy as an appeal-sounder, if less realistic, than the way John L. Lewis linked them inseparably at his United Mine Workers' convention (see p. 11). But when reporters started to ask the President if he meant to do something about prices, he said with a wave of his long cigaret holder that the conversation was getting too "iffy...
...electric current ionizes gas atoms in a commercial sign. Auroras are brighter and more frequent when sunspots are active, and sunspots have been more active in recent months than at any time since 1870. Last fortnight a magnetic storm of unusual violence caused transatlantic telephone communication by short-wave radio to fade out (TIME, Jan. 31). Last week, while the great aurora waved its brilliant folds across the sky, transatlantic short waves faded again...
...what it says, waiter. My, that was a pretty piece of femininity stepping down the aisle between the tables. He had not realized how long it was since he'd laid eyes on a beautiful girl. The tailored suit, the soft grey hat covering the source of a wave of yellow curls, were stunning. Oh, too bad, she'd stalked right by and sat down at another table. Well, he'd soon be in New York. Never mind...