Word: alertes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Radio's outdated version of the U.S. farmer-a Mortimer Snerdish bumpkin borrowed from the burlesque stage-has changed radically in the last month. In a new quiz show called R.F.D. America (Mutual, Thurs. 9:30 p.m., E.S.T.), the real farmer turns out to be an alert, articulate, well-schooled young man-with no straw in his hair and no quid in his cheek...
...official sunrise time, they squared off like an alert antiaircraft crew-one watching the sky to the south, the other to the north. A few minutes later, two shots split the morning stillness and two canvasbacks fell into the water. In an hour, they had their bag of four ducks apiece, got back to town in time to shave and get to work...
Newshawks must be alert-as courts are-to the changing meanings of words. "Racket," which once meant a mere trick-and was not libelous-now means an illegal business-and may be. The greatest danger, Wittenberg points out, is that newspapers, with no ready means of checking many of the stories they print, must rely on the accuracy of the wire services and news syndicates. Yet in 47 states (only Florida excepted), newspapers cannot avoid libel suits by blaming news services for mistakes. Wittenberg thinks a change is due, along the lines of a 1932 Florida decision, which ruled that...
After presenting an alert M.I.T. team with the tying goal half way through the third period, the Varsity soccer team rallied to eke out a 2 to 1 win in the cloning minutes of the last yeriod yesterday afternoon on Tech's vest-pocket field. Hans Estin, a new center forward, scored both goals for Harvard...
...even a mild winter. The Greeks and Romans knew more about battling winter, and benefited from the mental stimulus of the north Mediterranean climate. After the invention of the chimney and other body warmers, civilization throve best in North Europe and America, where the cold, changeable climate kept minds alert. The next great extension of civilization, speculated Huntington, may be into Russia: the technique of keeping warm has just about caught up with Russia's extra-stimulating cold...