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Word: spotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...computations, made shortly after the launching, showed that Discoverer II was orbiting faster than anticipated: 90.5 minutes for the round trip instead of 94 minutes. Quickly, scientists pinpointed the spot where the automatic ejection would occur: the area of Norway's Spitzbergen archipelago, far beyond the Arctic Circle -some 700 miles from the North Pole. Finding the capsule in Spitzbergen's icy wastes would be hard enough. Tougher still was another problem: under agreement with Soviet Russia, which operates coal mines in Spitzbergen, Norway permits no military operations in the area, keeps the archipelago strictly, delicately neutral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPACE: The Great Capsule Hunt | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...possibly eleven) singles and five doubles in both matches, although only six and three count for EIL standings. Pete Smith is at seventh singles, but may not see action in the doubles because Bob Schwartzman, his regular partner, cannot make the trip. Custer will be in the eighth spot, followed by Langden Smith, Chute, and Briggs, in no particular order...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Penn, Navy Face Varsity in Tennis | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

...Department hopes to "spot students with special talents and capabilities" by assigning each Honors candidate to an adviser with the same interests, Wilson said. The adviser will aid students in using "their increased freedom," and will provide a valuable, personal faculty contact, Wilson commented. Exam Schedule I MWF 8 May 23 II MWF 9 June 1 III MWF 10 May 29 IV MWF 11 May 20 V MWF 12 May 28 VI MWF 1 June 2 VII MWF 2 May 26 VIII...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Biology Honors Program Promotes Specialization | 4/21/1959 | See Source »

Elizabeth Theiler's superb choreography highlights the show. Indeed, every scene is a dance scene, and the dances are all imaginatively conceived if not always admirably executed. The brightest spot in the performance comes late in the third act when a waiter (Philip Burnham) announces "Pepe and Lolita with the Tango," and tall Wes Thum and the petite Elizabeth Theiler run through an hilarious take-off on the "tragic" dance routine...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: The Boy Friend | 4/16/1959 | See Source »

...other truly bright spot, also in the third act, has the graying but still frisky Lord Brockhurst (Norman Patz), in France with his wife and eager for excitement, explaining to fluffy, pixie-like Dulcie, (Sally Ryder), one of Mme. Dubonnet's unfinished creations, that It's Never Too Late to Fall in Love. Then the wife (Judith Orchoff) appears and the spell is shattered...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: The Boy Friend | 4/16/1959 | See Source »

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