Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...solid weekends during the season, plus a week during the Christmas recess. He would not be paid very much, for the team can afford only to cover his expenses. What the team seeks is a coach who can handle a bit of the organization, inspire his team, and spot flaws in style. He need not necessarily be an excellent skier in his own right, but he should be a good teacher...
...supermarket," says Pressman, who packs a 20-lb. tape recorder as habitually as a city room legman packs a batch of copy paper. "I'm not out to prove I'm superman but to show there's a need in radio and television for on-the-spot coverage." On call round the clock, he averages an 80-to go-hour workweek, has broadcast more than 2,500 on-the-spot news stories. One of the best: an eyewitness account of a 1955 Harlem gun battle between Manhattan cops and a cornered fugitive...
...leash-a series of short blasts sent her roaming, a long blast brought her back. Coolly, she ignored the occasional roar of a shotgun fired to test her poise. Going into a perfect point, taut and quivering, she deftly pinned down eight coveys. Once she pointed at an empty spot still warm with the scent of quail. But when Swift released her, she sprinted ahead for 150 yds. and tracked down the frightened birds with a fine point...
Number two man on the Crimson varsity, Cal Place, also advanced into the third round. He won his first round match handily from Fox of Cornell and took his second encounter to gain a spot in the third round...
...varsity fencing team, with a dim hope of finishing fourth in the Ivy League, will battle for that spot this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. with a slightly favored Yale squad. The Crimson needs at least a 16-11 win today to nose out the Elis for fourth by one bout...