Word: alertes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that some writers have depicted . . . While not tall, he is square and erect, giving the impression of great strength . . . [His] fine dark eyes . . . did not impress me either as 'gentle,' as one observer thought, or 'cold as steel,' as others have remarked, but they are alert, expressive and intelligent ... He seems at times actually benign. There is no question but that he can be brutally abrupt...
...Alert Strollers...
Emmanuel Margolis, teaching fellow in Government and chairman of the Rally Committee, said the rally was "an attempt to alert the campus to the real meaning of such incidents for students...
Drawn Bayonets. For 24 hours before the game last week, the bell on the university chapel clanged without let. At dusk on Big Wednesday, the Clemson Tiger was burned in effigy on the State House steps while alert policemen stood by to prevent free-for-alls. There were precedents for their fears. In 1902, the Clemson cadet corps showed up for the game with drawn bayonets. In 1946 the Great Day splashed over into a riot. This time, except for a few Carolina enthusiasts who lobbed rotten tomatoes and grapefruit rinds at Clemson cars, the partisans were on their good...
Last week, with a Confederate flag waving, Frnka's unbeaten, untied heroes went north to avenge a 59-6 beating by Notre Dame two years ago. In the pre-game workout, they looked fully up to their advance billing and their record-big, fast, alert and confident. But within ten minutes after the game had begun, Tulane's dream of a national championship had been irretrievably shattered...