Word: unfamiliar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...place was Valentia, Ireland, European terminus of Cyrus Fields' newly laid transatlantic cable. A young telegrapher named Joseph May heard an unfamiliar hum on his code receiver. He stumbled on the cause: a shaft of sunlight, streaming through the window, fell on an electrical resister and jammed his code receiver. When May passed his hand between the light and the resister, the hum stopped. But why? May decided, rightly and brightly, that the resister (or the selenium that coated it) must have what are now called photoelectric properties; i.e., that it could convert light values into electric values...
...involved, embarrassing account of the continuous trials & errors of an uncertain and mentally harried intellectual. The book carries Eastman from his unwanted birth ("a gloom in a minister's family") to the night when, already married and a father, but "still diffident and inexpert at the art of unfamiliar love," he found his dream girl...
Behind State's decision was a fear that many Europeans, unfamiliar with U.S. politics, might interpret Congressman Isacson's presence in Paris as official congressional and administrative blessing upon conference doings. Communists undoubtedly would do their best to give Isacson's visit that appearance. Editorialized the New York Times: "No citizen is entitled to go abroad to oppose the policies and interests of his country. . .. The State Department acted wisely...
...Boston Symphony Orchestra plays more than its share of unfamiliar compositions, but it seldom rallies all its forces as impressively as it did yesterday for Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex," a work scored for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and speaker as well as chorus and a full Stravinsky-sized orchestra. The effort was definitely worthwhile. There may be arguments about the style and form of the "Oedipus Rex," but there surely can be none about its interest to listeners on almost any level of musical training...
...weeks of victory famine for the Varsity skaters ended abruptly on Saturday afternoon, when they braved five below zero temperature, unfamiliar outdoor ice, and a hostile Williams sextet to emerge with a 5 to 1 victory on the enemy's rink...