Word: spottedness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Two Grumman Wildcats droned over the Atlantic, 100 miles off Cap Blanc, on search mission. At almost the same moment, each pilot spotted what he was looking for: the dark, sharklike outline of a German U-boat, slipping along just under the waves. Simultaneously, the two planes flashed the warning...
One night last week Lacerda's enemies, prepared to kill, tried again. Lacerda, after addressing a political rally in his campaign for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, was driven home, with his 15-year-old son Sergio, by Brazilian Air Force Major Rubens Vaz. In front of...
The stubby little biplane leveled off at 5,000 ft. over the tawny fields of Burgundy. In the rear cockpit, a Russian parachutist carefully checked his equipment. When he spotted a white chalk cross on the ground below, he stepped off into space. For 20 seconds he fell free. Then...
Nearly a month later, a Los Angeles doctor stopped in to see an ailing patient. He quickly spotted some disturbing symptoms : high fever, intestinal pain, diarrhea. He ordered analysis of blood and stool samples. Back came confirmation of his worst fears: typhoid fever. Next day he found similar symptoms in...
The other man was Gino Martinoli, 53, a student of American production methods who had been technical manager at the famed Olivetti Co. (TIME, Feb. 8). He became Necchi's general manager, taking over production from Vittorio Necchi, now 56, who wanted to spend more time at his villa...