Word: lines
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...large obstacle to European agreement was shrewd, stubborn Vladimir Porché, director general of state-owned Radio Diffusion Française, who is determinedly plugging France's new 819-line system* as the European standard. Porché has already put up a TV transmitter in Vatican City and plans to spot TV sets in Roman theaters and public places to win friends and potential customers for France among the thronging Holy Year pilgrims. His engineers, operating on a shoestring, have developed an inexpensive relay network to carry Eiffel Tower telecasts beyond French borders. One such station is perched...
Painting space, Leonid thinks, is not half so tricky as it's cracked up to be: "It's a question of color and line. You make your objects very bright in the foreground and not at all bright on the horizon...
...Which gives somewhat sharper picture contrasts than the U.S. 525-line image...
Last week the Supreme Court refused to review the case. As usual, the court gave no reason for its refusal. But Justice Felix Frankfurter tried to clarify matters in a 25-page opinion. The line where a free press infringes on the individual's right to a fair trial, he said, had by no means been finally drawn by the court's refusal to review...
Then Block joined the Army and put out a G.I. information sheet. In 1945, ex-Sergeant Block had lunch with Washington Post Publisher Eugene Meyer. Said Herblock: "I'll send you a batch of my cartoons so you can get a line on me." Replied Publisher Meyer: "And I'll send you some editorials so you can see how you like us." The liking was mutual...