Word: dot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quill, quickly handled awkward situations. One spat came after Ambassador Gromyko had urged that the Communist-backed World Federation of Trade Unions (W.F.T.U.) be granted UNO representation. Peppery Premier Peter Fraser of New Zealand spoke up angrily: "Unless we get a resolution with which Mr. Gromyko agrees on every dot and comma, he is not satisfied. I throw that back in his teeth." Said Gromyko: "The method adopted by Mr. Fraser is far from wise. I might equally throw that back...
...call their "bible." It catalogues sources of information on almost every possible news subject, and every one of TIME'S 55 researchers has a copy. Of course the researchers supplement this book with many other procedures to "block that boner" (for example, they are required to pencil a dot over every word in every article to show they have checked it)-and in addition, six or more writers and editors work on every story...
Dottin so many words is dot: Harvard will be Cartyng another scalp down to New Haven next week, which doesn't seem to be worrying the Elis so much as the loss of veteran tackle Nick Fusilli, who will definitely be out of the game that really counts...
...slit had appeared in the eastern altocumulus cloud bank. As the sun climbed toward the slit and the stop watches ticked on toward the scheduled time, the expedition held its breath. At 6:07 the sun, already in partial eclipse, broke into the clear. At 6:15 on the dot, Dr. Stewart shouted...
...evidence is plain in the great plants which dot the countryside, or lie just outside the devastated cities. The Krupp plant in the center of Essen is a classic example of what bombing can do: a waste of shattered walls, twisted girders, rusting steel. Yet the main Krupp foundry at Rheinhausen is virtually untouched. With other Krupp plants, it could turn out 60% of Krupp's normal steel production...