Word: sighting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...learned last week, came the series of talks which brought the first break in the cold war in months: the Russians were prepared to abandon the blockade of Berlin. The end of the Berlin airlift, a historic employment of air power as a weapon of diplomacy, seemed in sight...
...ophthalmologists examined patients who had regained their sight through the Eye-Bank, heard reports on new experimental work, discussed techniques, looked at movies of corneal grafting made in the U.S., Spain and France. An unusual suggestion for the future of corneal grafting was made by Dr. Mauno Vannas, on leave from Finland's University of Helsinki. If enough eyes are available, he said, it might be possible to correct such ordinary defects in vision as near-and farsightedness by grafting new corneas. The operation might, for instance, make use of contact lenses unnecessary. But eyes are still scarce. Only...
...European eyes, badminton is not a game at which Americans are likely to be championship contenders. The Danes were Europe's best. Then last winter, a handful of Malayans showed up and swept just about everything in sight. Last week in Copenhagen, the experts revised their view of Americans...
...know that it takes ships, planes, artillery and service troops to get the infantryman within range of a live target, may feel that Pratt has cheered the role of the foot soldier to the point of oversimplification. Actually he takes nothing away from the other arms; his peep-sight view merely assumes that their work had already been done. None of these sketches is exhaustive, but every one is readable, informal history that few armchair tacticians would wish to miss and few professional soldiers could fail to learn from. What will keep Eleven Generals and many a plain reader apart...
According to witnesses, the skier made a sweeping turn on the headwall lip, lost his balance, and plunged into a stream of frigid water at the bottom of the crack. Rescue workers dug shafts in the sides of the crevasse and were able to catch sight of the victim's skis...