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Word: alerting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...smallish, owlish man, Goldberg is as alert as a chipmunk, packs an astonishing amount of stamina and energy (in the thick of marathon negotiations, he switches from Sanka to coffee). Although his manner is amiable, he is as tough as whip leather at the bargaining table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: SIX FOR THE KENNEDY CABINET | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

...passer-by had the sense to alert the Cambridge Rescue Unit, located in the fire station. They appeared within minutes and competently took over. It was only as the rescue truck was leaving the Yard with the stricken man that a University Policeman finally appeared. He only seemed interested in stopping this motor vehicle from driving through the Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STILLMAN NEGLIGENCE | 12/7/1960 | See Source »

...foul, rotting jungles of Indo-China, a Crimson news board candidate stands boiling lunch in his pith helmet. Cool, alert, with nerves of steel, one senses immediately that he is a man to be trusted. And small wonder, for he is. But he was not always so. Once there was a time when he was harried and driven by a domineering tutor and an iron system which kept him from becoming the man he potentially was. Now look at him. Pit him against the jungle. Match him with University Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Candidates for Senior Class Marshal | 12/3/1960 | See Source »

...them with billowing streams of water. All afternoon and evening, gangs of whites and Negroes prowled the narrow, ill-lit streets of the French Quarter, stoning cars, attacking luckless individuals who came their way, tossing homemade Molotov cocktails through darkened windows. Before the rioting ended, New Orleans' tough, alert police, working on extralong, twelve-hour shifts, had arrested 240 persons (215 of them Negro) on charges ranging from loitering to assault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH: D-Day in New Orleans | 11/28/1960 | See Source »

...alive, be alert, be aware/Be a girl, be so glad you can wear/All the plain and fancy pants/When you're given a chance." So rhapsodized Pants Internationale last week in Los Angeles at a showing of California designs for 78 fashion editors from all over the U.S. Indeed, pants plain and fancy were being worn everywhere. The newest pants, stretch-pants adapted from European ski suits for the beach and living room, are so tight they have stretched the word slacks out of shape. One designer even labeled his stretch-pants creation "Scuba Reeds," so close are they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Who Wears the Pants? | 11/28/1960 | See Source »

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