Word: sighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...power lines downed in high winds or sparks from construction accidents, juveniles were under investigation for arson. The series of conflagrations was last month's second major outbreak in Southern California. Earlier, more than 80,000 acres were charred and 45 homes destroyed. With no rain in sight and the area's fire season extending from September to January, firemen were braced for the worst. Meanwhile, Governor Ronald Reagan promised he would ask a special session of the legislature "to consider legislation affording tax relief to fire-damage victims." It seemed the only kind of relief in store...
...still months away when the Observer learned that Roy Thomson's revitalized Sunday Times had dispatched a ten-man team to get the story. To beat the Times to the punch, the Observer slipped in its first Philby installment on Oct. 1. As soon as they caught sight of the edition, the Times editors replated and ran their first Philby story. It was a report from Philby's son John, a struggling London art student, who had been sent to Moscow by the Times to interview dad. Said father to son: "I have come home...
Down in the city, the presence of the dictatorship is more noticeable. At first sight many people seem uncharacteristically apathetic for Greeks. I soon discover, however, that the apathy is in fact fear...
They exchanged the first spot several times in the stretch, before Hardin streaked ahead with 250 yards to go and outkicked Shorter to the finish. It didn't look especially good for Harvard at that point, with no Crimson jersies in sight for a number of places other than the one covering Baker's heaving chest...
...radar in a more sophisticated fashion to track incoming bombers and has enabled its pilots to exploit an American blind spot. Knowing that U.S. pilots have to locate their targets-and must take pains to avoid restricted areas-the MIGs have been climbing above the clouds and out of sight to await the attackers. Then they swoop down like hawks, rip through a U.S. squadron with guns ablaze and vanish into the blue. With such tactics, the MIGs have lately shot down almost as many planes as they have lost-though the U.S. still is way ahead in overall dogfight...