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Word: spottedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Musolino's last act as a free man was the posting of a letter to his brother enclosing some money to buy candles for a church altar. Headed for Urbino with an umbrella in one hand and a knapsack on his back, he was spotted by two carabinieri and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: King of the Mountains | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

Reporter Dinneen spotted Tony Pino, the gang's mastermind, when he was first brought in for questioning by police. He got to know him well and through him the rest of the gang, won their confidence.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Anatomist of Crime | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

Search planes spotted the body of one missionary not far from the wrecked and looted plane. During the next few days, as a ground crew worked its way to the scene, the searchers located the bodies of the other four. The land party reached the riverbank at week's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: Mission to the Aucas | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

The Victim. In Clinton, Tenn., returning from the kitchen, Waitress Pearl Hogue spotted a would-be thief as he stuck his hand in the cash register, flung a cup of coffee in his face, sent him scurrying out the door as she bounced the pot off his head.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 16, 1956 | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

None for the Road. In Kansas City, Mo., Police Lieut. Frank Wells drove around town all day looking for a motorist to whom he could present a $100 safe-driving award, finally spotted a likely candidate at 10:30 p.m., discovered, after trying to press the award on him, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 2, 1956 | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

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