Word: spottedness
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"There have been three vehicles spotted driving around the area. There are suspicions that they could contain explosives," said Marine Capt. Wayne Jones. Officials gave no further information about the trucks, but the Marines remained on alert throughout the day.
Spotted recently in the Yard: a relic from Harvard football's not-so-distant past--a simple white t-shirt, with "We Owe Cornell" printed in red letters on the front.
As the troopers advanced, a wounded guerrilla staggered into Mission Coordinator George Jacobson's white villa behind the embassy. He started upstairs, spotted the 56-year-old retired Army colonel there, and fired three shots. He missed, and Jacobson got him with a .45.
The story of his discovery is legendary. Back in 1928 Alexander Fleming taught bacteriology at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, University of London. In his small, old-fashioned laboratory, he grew staphylococci in petri plates (flat glass culture dishes). One day he found that mold had spoiled one...
Ten years ago this month, as the gruff but masterly chairman of the Senate's special committee to investigate Watergate charges and Richard Nixon, Sam Ervin, 86, described himself as "just an ole country lawyer." Since he retired to part-time private practice in Morganton, N.C., in 1974, the...