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The young director scouted the location, created the storyline to connect the two songs and presented the treatment to Calderón.

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That afternoon, the commander and officers went to scout lookouts still used by the cartel.

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With increasing urgency, the couple scouted area ponds for suitable release sites, the trick being to find one currently unoccupied by other beavers, with abundant sapling growth as a food supply.

Attempting to bridge these differences is a so-called "scout", whose job is to work out which parties are prepared to work together.

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Both had volunteered for the perilous job of scouting for the Allies, observing and reporting on the movement of Japanese forces.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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