Word: alert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...impact. The whole process takes about eight seconds, giving the Marines time to dive for cover, though the North Vietnamese have an ominous new gun of unknown make that gives only a one-second warning. The men of Gio Linh have developed acute ears for descending shells, but the alert is usually given first by Hardcore, their pet Vietnamese mongrel dog. When Hardcore starts whining and heading for cover, the entire camp follows...
...Honest. Everywhere, skeptics were alert for signs of a fix, but hard evidence of dishonesty was hard to come by. In the village of Thai Hiep Thanh in Tay Ninh province on the Cambodian border, a reporter watched suspiciously as Warrant Officer Le Van Thanh marched his platoon of armored troops into the school-house voting station. Had he told his men how to vote? he was asked. No, he replied, why should he? He himself had voted for Civilian Huong. On the outskirts of the Delta city of Can Tho, Farmer Ly Van Tarn found the procedures...
...Ever alert to a lively controversy, British newspapers have turned up several other cases in which the rod was not spared. Two Southampton schoolboys were given 21 strokes because they incorrectly spelled "meringue." A teacher admitted beating a seven-year-old girl "red and raw" because she was "work-resistant." Three girls were caned because they forgot to bring semolina to a cooking class...
...practice the Gospel. In return, says a Mormon leader, "the Lord will promise you blessings beyond comprehension." Scott and Ronna made their covenants the day before the wedding in three different rooms of the temple, symbolizing the three degrees of glory. Some 200 people participated, including temple assistants alert to any deviation from the strict five-hour procedure. Any mistake would have to be corrected before the ceremony could continue. Details of the rites, however, are strictly confidential. "If we made them public," says one Mormon, "people who didn't understand our belief might make a mockery of them...
Languorous Narrative. The pop-music industry, always alert for new categories, sees in Billie Joe a lot more than that. There is talk of a new division of the already thin-sliced rock-'n'-roll world; the song, says a rock connoisseur, is the world's first example of "folk-rock narrative." It is also the only one; the other songs in the album are straightforward, pleasant folk ballads...