Word: alert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pictures of the exhibition reflected Occidental draftsmanship. Alert for the Emergency, by Chang Ting-pang, twelve, was a traditionally Chinese water color of wild geese at the edge of a pond, executed with a few nervous brush strokes. Going to Battle was also pure Chinese pen-and-brush work, sketching a peasant figure whose only modern accouterment was the rifle on his shoulder...
German Nazis and Spanish Fascists, still alert, watch and welcome a trend which they did not create but know how to use. The U.S. will not halt and reverse the trend simply by damning it as "pro-German," "anti-Allied," "Fascist," or even "anti-democratic." The U.S. cue is to understand Latin American nationalism for what it is, channel it to Good Neighborly ends by convincing Latin Americans that they can be for themselves without being against...
...still a mystery how quintuplets could be concealed so long. Perhaps their parents' irregular relationship kept them socially isolated. Possibly Argentine newsmen are not alert. But it is no mystery to Papa Diligenti. He planned it that way, even registering the births in different offices or not at all. Midwife Delfino kept her pledge. The household was mum as clams. Forceful Papa Diligenti had made his wishes clear: "Do I want a bunch of maniacs running through my house, bulbs flashing in my babies' faces? I want my children to live normal lives. . . . I don't want...
...Kwajalein an alert officer stumbled on a neat, deserted hut. On the earth floor lay a plant stalk, with a carefully burned-out message in Marshallese. The officer picked it up, tied it carefully to his pack, said impressively: "A secret message to some...
...screen begins. This can be funny when played by two experts. Another game, invented by the marines in New Zealand, is played with white rubber balloons, which are inflated and batted through the air. The object is to hit the balloons with lighted cigarets. This game keeps every spectator alert, lest he find a glowing cigaret down his neck...