Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first by the Cleveland third baseman who retrieved the ball, raced back to help. Score's face was already blackening, his nose was broken, a dangerous hemorrhage was clouding his eyeball. Even before they examined him in a hospital, specialists were wondering whether they could save his sight. At 23, already one of the fastest and potentially one of the finest pitchers in the history of the game, Herb Score seemed finished with baseball...
...vertical trailer bed. Its engine roared louder, and slowly the Vertijet rose, standing on an invisible column of hot racing gases. Its hook now free from the cable, it rose higher. Then it curved gracefully into normal, horizontal flying position and roared away out of sight...
...great power could keep aerial watch against surprise attack from the other, Pravda denounced the idea as "spying," and Premier Bulganin tried to laugh it down as daft. Since then, the ratio of missile threat has turned against Moscow. The U.S., with NATO and other partners bordering close, can sight in with shorter-range missiles on the Soviet Union while the U.S. still lies beyond the reach of any but intercontinental missiles. Last week, in their first major move of the 1957 London U.N. Subcommittee on Disarmament talks, the Russians put forward a package that appeared to feature partial acceptance...
...purpose is to condition customers-recalling Pavlov's dogs which salivated at the sound of the dinner bell-so that they will drool at the sight or sound of a selling gimmick with a symbolism that appeals to the unconscious. MR practitioners are convinced that most shoppers buy irrationally, to satisfy unconscious cravings. To explore the cravings-and to learn why some men smoke cigars, or how women choose shoes-MR interviewers use such psychological tests as the Rorschach cards, the TAT (Thematic-Apperception Test) or even the formidable MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). They often interview their quarry...
...singers were gathered in the rehearsal studio (each one had brought a score and paid 50? for the studio's weekly rental). "Straight through, and this time it will be very good," said Conductor Allers, and then he pounded out the famous score on a battered concert grand. Sight-reading their roles, the singers followed him with voices that were strong, skilled and supple. Allers lifted an occasional finger to cue a singer, threw out an occasional comment ("We all know we can sing very loud; now let's see if we can put it together...