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Word: spotters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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People sitting close to the Harvard squad on Saturday noticed a television set down on the bench. This is something new. Television is usually shot from the top of the stadium, so it enables the coaching staff down below to see something of what the spotter on the roof is talking about. It also suggests the possibility of having a special television set-up arranged exclusively for a coaching staff, so that the camera would focus on the particular players the coach is interested in seeing...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 10/6/1948 | See Source »

While little men toiled atop the Stadium yesterday rigging spotter's phones and other paraphernalia, a larger species of men in the employ of Art Valpey were working on the fields below polishing up more basic elements for Saturday's opener...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Varsity Eases Up On Contact, Polishes Plays | 9/30/1948 | See Source »

Only for a few minutes during the run had the fog lifted enough to disclose a ruddy glow over the Jap coast to Allied gunners. Spotting-plane pilots over the targets reported mostly "Visibility lousy," but where the cloud cover broke, near Mito, the spotter radioed: "Keep it up, gang-we're doing beautifully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF JAPAN: Insult & Injury | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

Campus Insolvency? University of Cincinnati's President Raymond Walters, in his current 25th annual report as volunteer census taker and trend-spotter for the nation's colleges,* predicted that dwindling registration will make 1945-46 one of the financially shakiest years in campus memory. His forecast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hopes & Fears | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

Other boats are pulling into position. Soon the LST bow-gates yawn open and amphtracks and amphtanks pop out like young sea horses. All around the rim of sea you can see nothing but our ships while overhead spotter planes dip, circle and mark fire for the big guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: The Beach Approach | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

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