Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prove to Iowa legislators that hog cholera virus might kill hogs but was harmless to human beings, the Iowa Farm Bureau's Attorney Carl ¶ Stephens downed a swig on the spot. He suffered no ill effects, but (as a possible carrier of hog cholera) was urged to stay away from hogs for at least 19 days. ¶ Shoving an 1,000-ton barge, the Federal Barge Lines' diesel towboat Harry Truman chuffed valiantly from New Orleans to St. Louis, failed by one hour and 17 minutes to match the 79-year-old record (three days...
Basketball was the dark spot of the afternoon as the visitors from Providence completely outclassed the two 'Cliffe squads, 38 to 12 and 34 to 18. Marry Brandt put up a brave but futile fight by dropping in all six field goals for the Annex in the first game...
...today marks the anniversary of another ponderous date in the story of civilization; it was 173 years ago that the British were forced to evacuate their entrenchments behind what is now known as Scollay Square. Which explains the colorful parades that will appear tonight on that historic spot, and the evacuation of the taverns at midnight that will recall the great exodus of 1776. Thus do true Bostonians demonstrate their deep seated sense of traditional rites and solemn observances...
Like many Peiping intellectuals, some of the 16 correspondents in residence there this winter viewed without alarm the prospect of Communist capture of Peiping. Boss Mao Tse-tung had promised complete press freedom, and correspondents hoped to get an on-the-spot picture of the Red army. But when Red troops marched in last month, newsmen got a rude surprise...
...worried Pennsy finally appointed a general manager to run things on the spot. But there was no improvement in earnings and little in service. Passengers still had to line up for the trains, were often still packed in cars as tightly as books in a case. The railroad, which now owes the Pennsy $53 million, was far from worthless. "Even if it were sold for scrap," said a Pennsy official, "it would bring $65 million...