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Word: toneless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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Excerpt: ". . . Suddenly the lights snapped on ... and now the ether vibrated with the earth-girdling bellow of the greatest radio hook-up in history. The eulogistic phrases were familiar; so was the toneless voice of an Ex-President of the United States for whom the great inventor remembered voting. But he could hear now, since death had stripped him of his protective infirmity. Muttering sadly to himself, the old man pressed his fingers to his ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Edison Enters Heaven | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

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