Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...life's story on the chance that he might recall some forgotten tidbits of information. No luck. Rather than junk the monumental tome, federal officials decided to waive the rule against federal prisoners writing about their crime careers in the hope that Valachi's disclosures will alert the public to the syndicate's threat...
...King Feisal, who backed the Republicans and Royalists respectively, appealed to the delegates to continue the talks. But the Yemenis simply began to slip away. With their departure came the fear that the shooting might start again, for both sides have kept forces in a state of combat alert. Egyptians and Saudis immediately began strengthening their joint peace-keeping force in Yemen, and Nasser canceled his plans for a long-postponed troop withdrawal. "Historically, this war has produced its fiercest battles during Ramadan when there is nothing else to do for 30 days but fast and fight," said one Egyptian...
...plan was to release a statement to the press after the couple had already taken off on their honeymoon It almost worked, except for Manhattan's alert pseudonymous Columnist Suzy, who had the whole story the day after the wedding...
...argues Schlesinger, is the better historian for having got up from the desk occasionally. He concedes that participation and partisanship have their pitfalls. "To act is, in many cases, to give hostages-to parties, to policies, to persons," he has written. But "visible commitment serves at least to alert the reader, while the ostensibly uncommitted historian is left free to shoot from ambush...
...department store of Grosse Pointe, Mich., serves Saturday tea on the theory that shoppers are exhausted by week's end and welcome such a break. The Denver Dry Goods Co. requires its buyers to remain on the sales floors during peak hours, both to keep salespeople alert and to help customers with shopping problems. Sears, Roebuck reminds its repairmen to shine their shoes, and Chicago's Polk Bros, requires its delivery men to remove shoes before walking over fancy wall-to-wall carpeting...