Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hundreds of torches flamed in the great square before the Cathedral of Cologne. Over 100,000 Rhinelanders waited breathlessly for the largest church bell in Europe to toll the hour of midnight, to announce that the last Allied soldier had actually departed from the First Rhineland Occupied Zone. Slowly the great bell teetered on its pivots, causing a faint squeak to be broadcast over the radio to all Germany by the great Koenigswusterhausen Station. Then came the triumphant clang of the clapper itself, followed by the roar of the crowds. "Deutschland! Deutschland ueber Alles!" they chanted, and then joined...
...feature of their game is a zone defense, which always forces the enemy to take long tosses at the basket. All five men fall back into their own territory upon loss of the ball, which slows up the action of the game...
...start of the game the 1929 quintet was completely bewildered by the zone defense system used by Worcester, and also by the new floor. Their team work was ragged. Their play did not come up to the mark set in the Tilton game a week...
...apparatus on the engine controlling the air brakes. If the signal is set at "caution" or "danger," the magnet reflects that indication and the speed of the train is automatically reduced. If the engineer does not heed this warning but allows his train to pass to a zone nearer the danger, a second magnet further reduces the speed. At the nearest point to the actual danger short of collision or wreck, the train is brought to a stop. Promoters of the invention demonstrated that the train could be stopped even if the engineer were dead...
Blood red the flag of Communism flew over Panama City. Rents had been high, wages low. Striking tenants and laborers swarmed in thousands through the streets, and frightened President Chiari of Panama into calling for U. S. troops from the Canal Zone...