Word: alert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shortly after the Iran-contra scandal broke in late 1986, Nancy Reagan became concerned that her husband was not sufficiently alert to the political danger and arranged to have a few people brought in to explain things. To avoid publicity, the White House instructed the guests to report to the Treasury building. From there they were led through an underground tunnel to the adjacent White House. Robert S. Strauss, a former Democratic national chairman and also a frequent luncheon companion of the First Lady, was one of the group. He reports that he pulled no punches with the President...
...VCRs in 54% of U.S. homes, an estimated 65 million movie cassettes were sold in 1987 (up from 51 million in 1986), and 3.3 billion were rented (up from 2.2 billion the year before). Newly minted cassettes of Hollywood classics are flooding the stores, and TV ad campaigns now alert buyers and renters to the release of recent hits. Notes a bullish Louis Feola, senior vice president of MCA Home Video: "There is a generation of kids growing up who do not remember life without a cassette...
...recent weeks American servicemen have come under increased harassment from their Panamanian hosts as tensions have mounted between the two countries. Authorities last week detained a group of U.S. military police for two hours without explanation. U.S. troops later went on a low-profile alert, said to be standard procedure when demonstrations are under way or expected...
Pentagon spokeswoman Capt. Nancy LaLuntas said in Washington that the U.S. Southern Command in Panama received reports of scattered demonstrations in and around Panama City. U.S. forces were put on "Bravo" alert, which orders American military personnel and dependents to "decrease their visibility," she said...
Baker staff said they have no control over the problem. "We do alert the facilities department when the library is uncomfortably cold," Librarian Mary Chatfield wrote in reply to Franzblau's complaint. "But it is a fact of life that the building will be chilly and drafty at times, especially on windy days...