Word: alertly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Television, an alert press (as represented by TIME Magazine), and the rise in public office of men of Estes Kefauver's caliber may be the triumvirate that will save America from dying from apathy...
...know," he said with a glance at his friend Rudolf Bing, who had come to hear Manon, "now that the Met has an alert director, I have to be very alert...
...House of Commons, ever alert to possible cruelty toward dumb animals, had some questions. Richard Hurd, Tory member for the Newbury division of Berkshire, asked Griffiths: "Can the Minister tell us how the birds that will survive are to be fed for the next few months...
...various stratagems-by serving coffee at desks and from pushcarts at factory benches, by setting aside definite coffee periods in the hope that, at least part of the morning, everybody will be at his desk. They find what solace they can in surveys showing that workers are more alert and make fewer mistakes after they get back to work. But for the habit itself, no cure seems to be in sight. In fact, thousands of office workers are taking more & more to the custom of popping out for a cup of coffee in the afternoon as well...
Chief Collins last night issued the following warning: "Janitors in apartment blocks throughout the city should be on the alert to prevent the entrance of strangers into their buildings. Otherwise, we run the risk of a tragedy that might take many lives...