Word: signalizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Case No. 39 was a Signal Corps civilian typist, with no access to classified documents. He was charged with being "closely associated" with his father, who had been reported to be a Communist. The employee said that he himself disapproved of Communism, indicated that partly because of politics, he never got along well with his father...
Case No. 75 was a clerical civilian employee with the Signal Corps, handling documents labeled "Secret." She was suspended from work for maintaining "a close and continuing association" with her brother, who was suspected of being a Communist sympathizer. In her hearing came this series of questions and answers...
...steep rise in auto credit brought a flashing-red danger signal last week from General Motors Acceptance Corp., biggest U.S. auto-finance company. Said G.M.A.C. to G.M. dealers: "Some customers who should buy used cars are being induced through 'easy terms' to take new cars. And some people who ordinarily would buy a lower-priced new car are 'easy-termed' into a bigger, more expensive model...
...plate. A remarkable transformation takes place: the somnolent bulk becomes a quick and agile athlete. After he has strapped on the "tools of ignorance,"* hunkered down in the close confines of the modern catcher's box, he is the heart of the team. The pitcher waits for his signals. (Earlier, team and manager have talked over opposing batters, come to some tentative conclusions about strategy.) Campy calls for the curve or the fast ball, the change-up or the slider. It is a rare event when the man on the mound shakes him off, i.e., refuses his signal...
...encouragement flowing back to the pitcher. "Come on, roomie," he will holler at his road-trip roommate, Don Newcombe. "Hum that pea." Neither Newk nor anyone else is permitted a moment's carelessness. Once, when Don Newcombe crossed up his catcher with a slow curve after taking the signal for a fast ball, Roy promptly flipped off his mask and padded out to the mound. "How come you give me the local when I call for the express?" he demanded in singsong irritation. Campy believes that his chatter helps. Says he: "You shouldn't be a dead pants...