Word: alert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coined by Knight from the Latin names for sun and moon. Scientists can scoff, but he believes-and several thousand sportsmen who follow his tables will swear-that at certain times of day all nature seems to wake up. Fish bite, ducks and pheasants abound, field dogs are alert and easy to train, and even human beings suddenly feel good for no apparent reason. The solunar tables chart the times of day when everything starts to hum. Says Knight: "We don't know what causes that activity, but it applies to all life." The sun and the moon seem...
...peacetime, alert soldiers are always busy trying to figure out what the next war will be like. In the June and July issues of the Marine Corps Gazette, Lieut. Colonel Keith McCutcheon tells marines about guided missiles, the weapons most military men believe will dominate World War III, if the war is staved off long enough...
...Cedar Falls, Iowa, the alert chamber of commerce that sends out letters of congratulation to new mothers got one rather huffy reply: "What is this . . .? All I had was an appendectomy...
...drivers' faces. Some drivers carried powder-puffs, some chamois, to wipe smudged goggles. The cars bounced down the rough straightaway, giving off pungent exhaust fumes; the vibration was hard on drivers' wrists and backs. But the awareness that each turn might mean disaster kept them tense and alert. The basso profundo of a Mercedes growled sullenly out below the whine of Maser and Offenhauser engines as the pack circled the 2½-mile oval...
Keep a Secret. The ruling house of the knickknack premiums is the Robbins Co. of Attleboro, Mass. It manufactures its marvels inside a 50-year-old, grey frame building, ships them out in boxes labeled with descriptions vague enough to baffle spies presumed to be alert for any new top-secret Robbins item...