Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yesterday the Crimson Freshmen blanked M.I.T. 9-0, extending its record to 2-0. Romer Hallern won his second straight 3-0 victory at the number one spot to pace the Yardling victory...
Foundation borings were taken on the favored, although not the sole, spot for the theatre. As plans stand now, the building will be constructed of red brick faced with white screening and will contain one 500-seat auditorium, and a smaller, experimental 50-seat theatre. Some minor changes in the interior of the center have been made, but the seating and facade have not been altered...
...scarcely started to sing professionally when he was drafted into the German army. As an American prisoner of war, he made such a hit singing for his captors that he was one of the last prisoners released. Ten years ago the Berlin Municipal Opera hired him on the spot after only a brief audition. Today he is booked solid two years in advance, has turned down offers from the San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala. He is one of the rare singers who can perform in lieder and in opera equally well. To Fischer-Dieskau, lieder are often vocally...
...bring the satellite back to earth at a desired place and time, designers expect to employ a retrorocket, which will be fired to reduce its speed at the chosen moment and spot. A parachute will slow it further, and a radio will shout an S O S. Finding the satellite with its undeveloped films or its beat-up "primate" should not be much harder than finding a missile's nose cone...
...honey-blonde pressagent in Atlanta hastily dashed off a few corrections on the press release for her biggest client-the new, $3,000,000 Cabana Motor Hotel scheduled to open last week. For a new punch line at the end of the story, Lois LaRoche scribbled: "What a spot for an adventurous weekend!" Then she sent the copy off to a mimeographing and mailing service. Not until she was back from her trip did she see the finished copy that had gone out to some 400 newspapers and magazines, and then she did not want to believe what...