Word: marked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said that Henderson was "enthusiastic but misguided," and accused him of "intriguing behind the scenes to void decisions made on higher levels." For his known opposition to partition, Henderson had been the target for Zionist attacks before. But Celler's charge of "intriguing" was wide of the mark...
...exercise had its comic aspects. One load of supplies was dropped wide of its mark. When the local citizenry started to make off with it, the 505th's commander, Lieut. Colonel Robert Wienecke, hopped into a helicopter and went after them. He hovered ten feet in the air over one man who was dragging a bundle to his car, rose in his seat and trumpeted: "Go put that back." The "liberator" obeyed...
...shares ownership of Thames swans between Southwark Bridge and Henley with two City companies - the Worshipful Companies of Dyers and Vintners. Each July, in ceremonies known as "swan-upping," swan markers round up the flocks and allocate the young cygnets. One nick is made in the lower bill to mark a Dyers' swan, two for a Vintners'; His Majesty's go nickless...
...mammoth "Mark II" computator, which technicians have been testing for the past year, will be shipped to the Dahlgren Proving Ground in Virginia within a month. The machine has, resided in Gordon McKay engineering lab since construction began...
...machine, which is electro-magnetic, differs basically from the College's own electro-mechanical calculator and the contemplated Mark III, which would be operated by vacuum tubes...