Word: alerte
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...Alert, clear-eyed, sharp-eared, she heard Chief Justice Taft begin the oath: "You, Herbert Hoover, do you solemnly swear . . ." And what was her amazement to hear him conclude, "preserve, maintain and defend the Constitution of the U. S." That was a bad misquotation of the text, thought Helen, who sat right down and wrote the Chief Justice a polite note of correction...
...days it was felt that a "terrific line" was essential for success in salesmanship. Today, there are two requirements for success in salesmanship. First, a man should have a clear, alert, open mind, and be honest, both commercially and intellectually. Second, he should have a capacity for sustained, hard work. Under the first heading he should be able to meet his prospect on even ground and discuss his problems intelligently. Under the second heading he must be able to ring door bells, either metaphorically or literally, day after day, always having in mind that the way to get new customers...
...carried the latest novelty from Vienna, a specially constructed suitcase of aluminum and steel to hold music. Customs officers, prodding through his possessions, caused him annoyance by discovering some 250 dutiable cigars. Friends soothed him with the assurance that among Philadelphia's concertgoers is many a person able, alert and eager to send a distinguished new guest conductor some good cigars...
...players crouch. There is a hush. The ball is snapped. It strikes waiting hands and bobs away. An alert Chocolate figure seizes it. There he goes?toward two white posts 94 yards away. On and on and on?40 yards, 60 yards, 80? touchdown! The Chocolate wins...
...wretched pass from Ketchum to Dunn went wild and the alert end, ever watchful for a loose ball, snatched it and tore down the field with the whole Yale team scrambling for him like a pack of angry wolves. White outraced them all, but Yale's captain, Howe, was after him and after 60 yards of White's dash, Howe, in a final desperate jump, tackled the Tiger on the five-yard line and the terrific impact sent them both into the mud. White slid over the goal line on his face...