Word: snoopers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...magnificent files were filled with just such stuff, and the unsupported malice of gossipy neighbors who reported that the couple across the hall liked to run around in the nude, read the New Republic and entertain Negroes? In a nation where nobody loves a cop, much less a snooper or an informer, the further question arose: Had the U.S. created a budding Gestapo...
...night was pitch black, patched with fog and laced with rain which rattled like beans on the seamen's battle helmets. From the second ship in column, the lead ship Iowa was invisible. Japanese snooper planes appeared only as "blips" on the radar screen, then vanished, having failed to detect the fleet. The enemy coast was invisible to all but the magic eye of the gun directors. In another group, following, were British battleships such as the King George V, with ten 14-inch guns...
Although a candidate can be elected to only one board, he can earn his election by specializing. The Newsmen will welcome the incipient snooper, give him a chance to interview chorus girls and deans, and work with type. The Business staff will supplement Ec A and won't be dull either. The Photographers can find their niche roaming the streets with a Speed-Graphic or puttering, in the dark room. And if you want to lambaste that movie or play you saw in a moment of weakness, the back page will be open for your efforts, and free passes...
...sinking our squawkbox sounded: 'Jap snooper is closing.' One cruiser opened fire with two destroyers joining. ... At 9:50 p.m. the squawkbox said: 'A group of planes is closing. They are dropping float lights. Another group is off our starboard bow, now closing...
...regular nightly diversion is what we call a snooper shoot. The Japs' reconnaissance planes circle like midges, dropping flares to summon torpedo bombers. Our main batteries light out with unexpected bursts. Sometimes we let go with everything and the tracers dance across the sea like ping-pong balls. It is impossible in the darkness to count how many we shoot down...