Word: sightedness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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At dawn on the morning of May 27, 1905 the newly invented wireless telegraph began to crackle and spit on a small Japanese warship: "The enemy's squadron has been sighted at point No. 203. The enemy is apparently steering toward the Eastern passage." About 2 p.m. a grizzled...
Frank Hamer is 6 ft. 2 in., weighs 200 lb. and is reputed to be one of the best bagatelle players in the U. S. He wears a big black hat and his trousers outside his boot tops, speaks little and that little in a slow, courteous drawl. In Texas...
As the liner drew close it steered slightly to port of the lightship and speed was reduced to 16 knots. The oscillograph detector was not used to find the distance, but the liner's position was computed by cross-bearings from shore radio stations. Few minutes before the crash...
The gravity of the situation first became apparent Tuesday evening when Yard-cops Mortimer Mahoney, Christopher Morris, and Albert Roach sighted the Mephitis mephitida, ambling past University Hall. But it was not until the dawn brought Apted and the day force of John Connolly and James Reddin that the pursuit...
Under the blinking street lamps Antonio Sanchez stood, heels together, muleta waist high. The cape fluttered and the bull charged, once, twice. Then just like old times Antonio Sanchez sighted along the blade and thrust home.