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broadcasting
               miles away at opposite ends of circuits. American        Glossary on
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               audiences will be able to see the coronation of
               European kings or how battles in the Orient are
               progressing on huge curtains in their theaters. The apparatus
               broadcasting these far-away scenes into people’s homes
               will be connected to a giant telephone-like instrument
               transmitting the corresponding sound at the appropriate
               time. Thus when the audience sees guns blazing, they will
               also hear the booms and when an actor or singer’s lips
               move, they will also hear the words or music.


               No foods will be left in the open. Shopkeepers leaving food
               exposed to patrons’ breath or exhaust from busy streets
               will be as guilty as those who sell stale or spoiled produce
               and be arrested. Large amounts of food will be kept fresh in
               liquid-air refrigerators for long intervals.

               Coal will be too scarce to use for heating or cooking, but
               not be entirely exhausted. We will be able to mine the
































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