Word: alerting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...full-size Viet Cong prisoner stockade, including a solitary-confinement pit, and learn how to evade their captors' questions. Even at night, G.I.s in the main camp are liable to be attacked by "terrorists" from Vinh Hoa. Above all, they are taught to be on the alert against enemy ambush. Says Sergeant Louis A. Peterson, a Viet Nam veteran whose unit lost several men in surprise attacks by the Viet Cong: "We try to stage the same types of ambush here that happened to us. I don't see where too much more could be done...
...projected on the large screen for everyone to see. By pointing a narrow beam from a light gun at an area of particular interest on his console screen, an operator can enlarge that area 16-fold or cause it to flash on and off on other screens to alert the rest of the staff...
...diapers often start taking a thimbleful of diluted wine, Chafetz' proposal would stir only some Gallic shrugs, but most Americans popped a gasket. Did he not know, asked one of his listeners, that drinking is illegal in most schools? The beverage laws, scoffed Chafetz, "are absurd." "Alert your school boards to the dangers of this program," cried Mrs. Fred J. Tooze, president of the W.C.T.U. Mrs. Jennelle Moorhead, national president of the P.T.A., called the idea "outrageous." Iowa Governor Harold E. Hughes, who freely admits to an alcoholic past, said he was "1,000% against the idea. Children should...
...currently exploring "the entire concept of event identity-what makes it right to say that event A is the same as event B?" An American illustrates Wiggins' problem with a homely example: "Is my act of flipping on the light switch the same act as my act of alerting the prowler, if in fact by flipping on the switch and illuminating the room, I do alert the prowler?" Although the question sounds as relevant as the medieval puzzler about how many angels can dance on a pinhead, Wiggins notes that it has highly practical implications in fixing intention...
...declared that the qualities he looks for in prospective Bunnies are "prettiness, sparkle, freshness and a ladylike demeanor." On the alert for the right combination of ingredients, Hefner inspects each hopeful in a leotard and if she seems promising, interviews her in a separate office. He asks such questions as: "Do you have any hobbies?" and "Do you like people?" One candidate likened the experience to a Radcliffe interview...