Word: lookout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...functions is to give examinations in commercial subjects to some 140,000 unschooled men and women each year who want the society's prized certificate of proficiency. After two centuries of activity, the R.S.A. remains what it has always been-Britain's great godmother perpetually on the lookout for any "design for the publick Good...
...have a suspect in mind, and all we have to do is find him," Murphy said. "All police are on the lookout for him." He added that the thief was probably "laying low now," and would start operating again in a short time...
...eleven at night, just as someone was calculating how many man hours had been spent waiting, a lookout reported that the pin-stripes were coming. the twenty-five grey flannels jumped to their feet, smoothed their wrinkles and stood erect, wearing the same bright grins they had worn in the interview room. The chief pinstripe said something about what a hard choice it was. Then he announced the winners, and the others shook their hands and murmured congratulations. Then, with a final, faded smile in he direction of the pin-stripes, they walked quickly out the door and into...
Good Maps. Gantt simply took his partners' carefully collected information and placed it on standard charts of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. In August of 1950, the first map-Annapolis to Point Lookout-rolled off the press. Maryland fishermen bought 5,000 copies within a few weeks. The staff of Sportsmen's Guides continued to collect information, but they ranged farther. Next spring they were ready with The Chesapeake Bay Area, from Conowingo Dam to Annapolis. They they covered The New Jersey Coast, from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Light. Last year they printed their fourth map, The Atlantic...
Like most Met stars, handsome Blanche Thebom, 35, spends more of her time making personal appearances than on the Met stage (36 concerts and recitals this season). Unlike most of them, she is always on the lookout for a distinctive score. Two years ago, she met Composer Krenek and suggested to him that Medea was an ideal subject for the dark tones of the mezzo-soprano voice...