Word: signalling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago Conley, then a Signal Corps sergeant, met and married pretty Lucille LaCroix. After the war the Conleys settled down in Amarillo. Lucille was unhappy. In January 1947 she shipped her clothes back to Brockton, borrowed $280 from loan companies, withdrew the Conleys' last $430 from the bank. Then one night she got Bob to take her to a movie. During the show she sneaked out, leaving Bob sitting in the theater, picked up the baby and caught a Brockton-bound plane...
...gypsy touch is just as alluring on your arm. Not only will rows of jangling bangles signal your approach, they'll also sparkle your appearance. Chunks are advised for the less aggressive...
That was the signal. Effort suddenly increased. The two in the back stopped talking and began running. ". . . 18 19 . . ." On "20" the group immediately broke...
...wise choice. Traffic Doctor Barnes had come by his odd craft almost by accident. He had started out in life as an electrician after leaving his home-town Newark, N.Y., migrated to Flint to work in automobile plants. He had eased into a city job as a signal engineer and had finally got into traffic work-an achievement which was crowned when he became a member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers. In a sense, Barnes was still an intern when he came to Denver. But he saw almost instantly that he had to do more than prescribe massive medication...
...pirouetted about the anchor chain, then hoisted anchor and headed for the open sea, 50 miles downstream. The five crewmen scrambled up from the tugboat and cut it adrift. Belching black smoke, the Raman gathered speed while her captain, Rifat Onder, turned a cold. Nelson-like eye to every signal to halt. From the docks a police message flashed to Bremerhaven at the Weser's mouth: "Stop darkened tanker heading for open...