Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, the Russians established some more contacts. Tommy-gun-toting German police from the Russian zone raided a farm on Berlin's outskirts on the British-Soviet line. They made off with 38 cows, 34 horses, twelve sheep, eight hogs, three typewriters, three telephones, a set of china. When three British MPs and two British-sector German cops protested, they were arrested. At week's end the three Britons were returned with apologies (the two Germans had escaped). But the Russians kept the plunder...
...reducing the number of grooves, Victor has virtually eliminated tracking error. But the total distortion normally created by tracking error is less than the distortion of most amplifiers, so that tracking error is not heard except on the very fine machines. The fault Victor is correcting in its "quality zone" is therefore one few listeners can detect...
...power to keep it up indefinitely, and for all the West knew, they might try to do just that. But the fact was that the blockade had embarrassed the Russians more than it had the West. Since the Western powers refused to let any trade pass into the Russian zone while the blockade was on, the economic situation in Russia's Germany has become increasingly serious. East Berlin's Communist Mayor Friedrich Ebert last week publicly proposed that trade between the two sections of the city be resumed. Behind the scenes, Germans in the Russian zone-apparently including...
Preston Tucker, would-be auto manufacturer whose company has been having its financial troubles, proved that his car can really go, but money was still a problem. In Gary, Ind., he pleaded guilty to racing his Tucker Torpedo 55 m.p.h. in a 40-mile zone, could find only $10 in his pockets to meet a $15 fine...
Harvard's lone touch (worth three points) came after a protracted second half scuffle in the end zone which ended as giant Crimson forward Eddie Davis fell on the ball for the score. Davis's chief assistant on the scoring play was Al Green, the man who had kicked the ball into the end zone...