Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...navy man's Christmas stocking last week was a long weighty book-the 1938 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships. Compiled in Britain, this Who's Who of warships describes, classifies and pictures the armed vessels of the world so that naval officers who spot them on the horizon can tell at a glance to what nation they belong, what type of ship they are, and make preparations to fight or run away. Each year Jane's brings the compendium of marine armed forces up to date with details of new ships, alterations and ships projected...
Hartford-Empire was therefore the pièce de résistance of last week's monopoly quiz and on the spot was its little known President Francis Goodwin Smith, whose mustache and bald head are in the best Peter Arno tradition. A soft-spoken New Englander of 57, President Smith is a self-made man who became general manager of Hartford-Empire's predecessor, Hartford-Fairmont Co., in 1915. He owns only a small block of stock in Hartford-Empire; most of it belongs to the Houghton family (Corning Glass Co.) and Beech-Nut Packing Co. Beech...
Tony Mischo, an offensive wizard, is back for another year at one forward spot, and diminutive Chuck Diven will be his running mate. At the guards the competition is the keenest as Gerry Seeders, Bernie Schreiber, Tom McNichol, and Norm Retchin are waging a nip-and-tuck race...
Stillman's successor should be built in a place as close to the Hygiene Building as possible. There are three prominent possibilities. The first is the territory from the Hasty Pudding Club to the corner, across the street from the Hygiene Building. Another spot would be on Holyoke Place in front of Lowell House, The third and most likely possibility would be the University parking-lot on Mount Auburn Street. While the first would occasion the demolition of buildings and the second the defacement of the Lowell House entrance, the third would only require the utilization of a convenient outdoor...
...treated her interrogator to a laugh as refreshing as her looks when he asked the usual question: "Like Harvard men? Why I love them ! and she leaned over and kissed one on the spot--and ran behind her interference through the crowd...