Word: warned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second in this department. Their actual cheering, as at Hanover, is commendable, but this is unfortunately overshadowed by a continuous din of catcalls directed at the officials and rival players. This petulant display of sportsmanship reached a high point in last season's Columbia game. The referee had to warn the locals that unless the Bronx cheers stopped Columbia would win by forfeit. It's a good thing the Dartmouth boys only show up for football games...
...quota of good deeds were done as a result of the Christmas spirit, at the same time that the normal number of people died in automobile accidents. Winston Churchill came for a visit and, even if it wasn't quite the same old Churchill and the English newspapers did warn he was going to get a cold reception from the U.S. government, he looked impressive and hopeful in his "sawed-off stovepipe hat," and he said that chances of peace in 1952 seemed good...
However, the group did warn the public that there were certain "stubborn facts' that they would have to face in 1952 These facts included Communist movements in Europe, shortage of raw materials in the U.S., a lag in defense production here, and the indifference of the American-people towards mobilization...
This week, at the Air Force's School of Aviation Medicine, scientists were busy perfecting an accurate little gadget that will warn the high-altitude flyer when the oxygen in his bloodstream is dropping toward the danger point. Clamped on the translucent cartilage of a pilot's ear, a tiny light bulb emitting red and infra-red rays will shine through the ear lobe to illuminate a small photoelectric cell. As the oxygen saturation of the pilot's blood drops below its normal 98%, it will turn a darker, heavier red. Less light will filter through...
...extra part-time labor. For instance, one mayor was known to call up a majority of the fifteen City Councilors the night before a Council meeting almost all of whom had an interest in a trucking contract with the city for snow removal or refuse collection. Then he would warn them that unless they voted for a specific measure at the Council meeting, they would lose their city contracts. And a city trucking contract is much too lucrative to throw away over a single vote...