Word: clocking
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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From across the Atlantic came dismayed cries and anxious questions: Did the elections mean that the U.S. was planning a retreat from its leadership in the world? In a year of war in Asia and tension in Europe, was the U.S. trying to turn the clock back...
...again. One of the climbers froze his foot and went back under protest. "By noon," said Viallet later, "we had dug through snow up to our chests across the corridor of avalanches . . . We drank grog. That's very important on the mountain in winter. By 4 o'clock we reached another shelter. There was much wind, very much, and very strong, and it was terribly cold [ - 22° F, according to army meteorologists]. Our shoes were frozen solid...
...There was a mouse in that place-what he ate and how he kept alive I don't know. He kept nibbling at our hair. Next morning we greased ourselves again, wrapped wool rags around us and started off again." It was 10 o'clock when they at last reached the wrecked plane...
...more details before he called in from a drugstore. A.P.'s bulletin time: 2:32. Its text: "Three men-possibly four-were shot today in a gun battle in front of the President's home, the Blair House." Not till about 3 o'clock did reporters pull enough facts together to put out the news that an assassination had been attempted...
...exactly 2:30 p.m. every work day, Mr. George (who eats no lunch) goes through a 70-year-old ritual. He nibbles cookies and cake while he makes a "blind" test of five brands of coffee, including A & P's three blends (Eight O'Clock, Red Circle, Bokar) to make sure that the flavor of the company's coffee has not changed...