Word: sentinel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Abby: I am with you all the way on your stand against marijuana and LSD. Don't let anyone tell you that the best colleges and universities are indifferent to its use by their students. I am enclosing (sic) a letter to the editor of the Keene, N.H. Evening Sentinel, which also runs your column. Readers always read Dear Abby, so I hope you feel this letter is worthy of publishing in your column...
...reason is new intelligence indicating that the Russians have begun deploying an anti-missile system, probably to protect their major cities. The Soviet setup is similar to the U.S.'s Nike-X concept, based on automatic firing of sentinel missiles to detonate incoming warheads...
Blitzed & Blocked. Pro Quarterback is meant for adults, and they take the game seriously. "My wife thinks I'm crazy," says Eagle Scout Michael Gorsky, 26, an electronics technician who vainly scrutinized Sentinel patterns for a weakness. "This is as much a real game as when the Giants are playing the Colts. Maybe it's more real, since I can play...
...thing about the Eagles' Quarter back Herb Apfel -he's consistent. May be too consistent. Trailing 7-3 last week, with a first down on his own 45-yd. line and only three minutes left, he called four quick sideline passes in a row. An alert Sentinel defense stopped them all; the Eagles had to give up the ball, and with it the championship...
Prestige & Competition. Newspapers use supplemental for a variety of reasons. The Orlando Sentinel takes the New York Times service, even though it is admittedly unhappy with the tone of some of the reporting. "A lot of this is prestige," says a Sentinel editor. "You can't avoid that." Other editors like to write a story from a blend of the services. "Two services are better than one," says San Francisco Chronicle Executive Editor Scott Newhall, "and three are better than two." Even when they decide not to run supplemental stories, editors quite often find them useful. "They...