Word: spottedness
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At the beginning of 2000, only about half the estimated 500 to 1,000 near-Earth asteroids six-tenths of a mile across or larger--big enough to cause a global catastrophe--had been detected. One of the unknowns could even now be on a collision course with Earth. The...
There is, unfortunately, no equivalent of a methadone program for frequent-flyer junkies. So Phillips--known to the entire airline industry as the Pudding Guy--got itchy last month when he spotted a deal called Latin Pass, which offers 1 million miles for flying 10 Latin American airlines and completing...
And then it happened: Crowley spotted Roger Ebert. "You're going to show it to me right now?" Ebert, still in his coat, asked as two of the aliens thrust speakers on either side of his face. They started the trailer, but Ebert was far more concerned with the dwindling...
But as the men attempted to cross the third, they were spotted. One of Kadriu's brothers-in-law was shot dead on the spot. Kadriu and the other brother-in-law ran for the woods. The brother-in-law was shot in the leg, but kept running and survived...
This reality had not yet dawned on what locals call the Southland last week. Trolling Orange and Riverside counties one day, I spotted only one piece of presidential paraphernalia--a Bush poster stapled to a telephone pole. At some point, one of these candidates is going to wise up and...