Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...somewhat different but no less intense. While some black and white pictures come from TIME'S own files, or those of sister publications, most are gathered specifically for the stories with which they appear. The researchers must know the best source for an existing picture and how to spot the right photographer in the right place for the right subject. They have a sharp eye for early-stage picture editing-a talent that, as anyone might guess, rose to a peak when they helped the editors select pictures of themselves for use on this page this week...
...embassy and no apparent difficulties," said a U.S. official. "If we played it their way, we would suggest Taipei." Moreover, the North Vietnamese-and the Russians-did their best to capitalize on Johnson's repeated statements that he would send U.S. representatives "anywhere, any time," to "any spot on this earth." Accusing the U.S. of a "stubborn and perfidious attitude," Hanoi at week's end rejected as "not convenient" all the sites suggested by Washington...
...able to put much over on him, or promise what he knows they cannot deliver. And by temperament and the terms of his new assignment, the cigar-chomping Abrams will likely be his own man in Saigon, running things largely his own way with more on-the-spot freedom than Westmoreland enjoyed. That, in a way, will represent a personal sort of de-escalation by President Johnson, who feels keenly the criticism that he has kept the reins of war too tightly in his own hands...
...first, Khe Sanh's barren landscape presented problems for the B-52s' radar system, which usually takes a fix on a prominent ground feature, such as a bridge or high building. To solve that, the U.S. employed a recently developed system called "Sky Spot." Using a power ground-control center on South Viet Nam's coast, Sky Spot directed the bombers to the general area of their destination. There, on hilltops miles from the fighting, the U.S. placed meshes of wire that acted as radar reflectors and electronic beacons that emitted continuous signals. Gauging the distance...
...lighting has been a blanketing red or blue. Now, two spot lights flash onto the floor just ahead of the dancers (Scott Kemper, Lindsay Ann Crouse). The dancers beckon the light-dots backwards, and as the spots climb on to the backdrop, they become beach-balls, rolling along the shadows of dancers' extended arms or bouncing between the two. The spots free themselves, scurry around the room as the dancers desperately attempt to pounce back into the light now two dimensional again. This section ends, the dancers on their backs, legs pointing upwards, with the dots poised just above--inverted...