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Word: spottedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of the small carnivora feed near the surface at night and retire during the daytime to a lower level where they can be spotted by echo-sounding devices. Dr. Weiss believes that special vessels could drop flexible hoses into these living strata and suck up enormous quantities of edible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Fertile Sea | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

The new maid at Eliot House entered the room cautiously. She had begun straightening an immense pile of letters and scraps when she spotted a middle-aged man, upcuded and apparently practicing yoga.

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Murder in the Cathedral | 10/15/1953 | See Source »

Hygrade was a pioneer in selling pre-packaged meats through delicatessens. Slotkin also pushed processed, ready-to-eat meats, today the main pillar of Hygrade's business. In his zeal to spread such time-saving benefits to every housewife, Slotkin was hampered by Hygrade's lack of outlets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Hungry Meatpacker | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

Chant of Croupiers. Next day bright and early, reporters were awakened at 9:30 by a ring of the telephone and a voice that said cheerily: "Good morning. This is the Sands operator. We have been asked to awaken you so you could get up and prepare for the wedding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: An Unfrumptious Wedding | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

Fire & Prayers. No one could have spotted the future fire-eating Secretary in the youngster who shunned fights, delivered lectures on God to his playfellows and ran prayer meetings in the family stable in Steubenville, Ohio. But as a self-made lawyer, Stanton fought cases as he was later to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Union Man | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

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