Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...award "puts the Russian authorities in a spot," Zbiegniew Brzezinski, assistant professor of Government, said yesterday. "If they do not allow Pasternak to receive the prize in the West, they will underscore restrictions on intellectuals in Russia...
...land of beef-price plenty, Nebraska is a state where organized labor has little real influence, and the brightest spot in the Midwestern picture for Republicans...
...biggest push. One morning two police cars and three of McGowen's cars cruised the tightly netted area. Neighbors took up positions near by. One of McGowen's men, armed with an air rifle loaded with a nicotine-tipped needle, climbed to the rooftop near the spot where Maverick liked to laze. Soon Maverick appeared and stretched out in the shade. For two hours the man with the gun maneuvered to get a bead. Then he shot...
...away. Before the great altar in St. Peter's, where only the Pope may say Mass, the body of Pius XII lay in state for three days. Then, after final absolution, it was placed in a triple coffin (oak, lead and cypress) and interred in the most sacred spot in Christendom-below the Bernini altar near St. Peter's supposed grave, whose discovery the Pope himself announced in 1950. Buried with the Pope was a red bag containing a sample of every Vatican coin minted during his reign, a parchment copy of the eulogy read at the final...
Milwaukee fans could spot the man and the moment when they began to have that sinking feeling. Man and moment came together in the fifth game, with the Braves basking in the 3-1 series lead. Switch-Hitter Red Schoendienst lined a drive toward left. Elston Howard took off with the crack of the bat, ran straight into the murderous glare that makes left field at Yankee Stadium the toughest sun field in the major leagues. Diving to his knees, Howard sprawled forward, stuck out his gloved hand, and came up with the ball that had looked like a sure...