Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whales, as every alert conservationist knows, are a clearly endangered species, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 prohibits bringing any part of a whale into the U.S. To inquiries about whether the President had personally brought back one of the whalebone souvenirs, a White House aide replied firmly: "I'm sure...
...been living in a flat close to the town house in order to be near his three children. When he failed to answer its inquiry, the Yard became somewhat more insistent and said that it was seeking him to "help with police inquiries." Finally police issued a worldwide alert and charged the Seventh Earl of Lucan with murder and attempted murder. At the same time, his many aristocratic friends were sternly warned that they would be charged as accessories if they attempted to hide...
...biggest edge is sound management. Harrah's 6,500 employees are organized into 42 departments, which are administered by carefully recruited professional managers. Experts have compiled operational manuals for every job from busboy to croupier, and even fingerprints on glass doors are quickly wiped away by ever-alert employees. Harrah is now working on plans to expand his casinos and hotels at a cost of $60 million-to be provided by his eternally optimistic patrons...
...week's end doctors reported that Nixon was "alert to all that is going on around him." But they also said that "the possibility for further complications still exists...
While Swenson and Griggs were tearing holes in the Lion defense, the Columbia offense was listless for the second week in a row. The Lions could accumulate just 112 total offensive yards, fumbled the ball five times, and had three passes intercepted by an alert Green secondary...