Word: alertes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days past on shore duty, I lost consistently at bridge, and at one time became a well-known loser at the University Club in Washington (a den of wolves ever on the alert for new lambs). Last night my partner held 13 spades. The circumstances were a bit unusual...
...until last week, all the camps in this area were on the "alert" and did not permit shows to be put on inside the camp. However, this rule was abandoned last week, permitting the entertainment committee to proceed with its plans of keeping the spirits and the morale of the men in the armed forces high
Congress and the nation remembered that in World War I many corporations had made staggering profits out of ships and munitions.* For weeks Washington had been on the alert for the Vinson report, nerved itself this week to hear the report go off, dynamiting the profiteers of World...
TIME'S on-the-alert Correspondent Henry B. Cole reported last week from P.O. Box 83, Capecoast, Gold Coast, West Africa...
...Very interesting, those fishing sampans," a destroyer commander observed more than a year ago. "The men in them are alert and smart and you don't see fish scales on their nets. Their boats are immaculate-brightwork polished and everything shining. Navy, if I ever...