Word: detective
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...instrument which shines a white light through a substance, usually in solution, and measures the light waves absorbed by it. By studying the "absorption pattern," chemists can detect the presence or absence of certain compounds, including many vitamins...
...that counts, nor its speed on the bases, nor its home ran power. The team that wins the pennant is the team that wins the most games. Shallowness in the pitching staffs of both the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers is easy for the merest novice to detect. Both teams have weak spots in the batting order and in the defensive lineups. But both teams have won more games than other clubs in their leagues...
...such bloopers are becoming rarer as reporters learn to detect the booby traps. The heartening fact is that in the years when history has borne down on the U.S. like an express train so many Washington correspondents have caught so much of the news...
Died. Dr. Napoleao Laureano, 36, Brazilian surgeon and cancer expert, who spent his dying days in dramatizing his country's need for better clinics to detect and fight cancer (TIME, March 19); of cancer of the lymphatic tissues; in Rio de Janeiro...
Chinese Communists began to see U.S. spies around every corner. To show the public how to detect secret agents, the Shanghai municipal government staged a special anti-espionage exhibit at the Cani-drome, old dog-racing track in the French Concession. The Shanghai police published an illustrated magazine called the Shanghai Public Security Pictorial, with pictures of arrests and executions in recent espionage cases...