Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...publicity given to big awards awakens greed. Says Colorado State Senator Ray Kogovsek: "People read about these enormous settlements and they think, 'If this person got so much, maybe I have a right to that much too.' " Years of activist consumerism have also made people more alert to possible claims against institutional America. The act of suing, in short, has become less personal, and when the defendant is an institution, people do not suppose anybody is getting hurt. But as high insurance rates and doctors' bills attest, a damage payment that hurts nobody is as rare...
...rolling gait of the camel I dreamed his face: neck muscles, taut; eyes, direct, alert. But when we approached the camp he stood tallow beside the iron of his father, his beard combed so, his eyes on the servant, never on me. I was not prepared for the courteous awkwardness of his hands on my robe, his lips like a slug. He loved me with the cowed need of an abused child...
...warning to the Syrians by the Israelis, who also strengthened their positions along the Golan Heights and their border with Lebanon. Declared Major General Shlomo Gazit, chief of Israeli military intelligence: "Israel will not watch peacefully the Christian massacre in Beirut." In response, the Syrian air force went on alert, and Damascus rushed armored units of its own to the Golan Heights, where its usual three divisions had been pared to one because of peacekeeping responsibilities in Lebanon...
...person, Carter usually sounds more relaxed than he looks. Today his voice was soft and warm, but his eyes and manner were tense and alert. He has been going through a trying period during which he has been increasingly criticized as a leader who changes directions under fire, a man who allows too many policy voices and too many different signals to be heard. His laissez-faire style has left people uncertain about where the President stands. Lately he has been moving toward a more combative attitude...
...apply to relations between Marxist regimes, China and Viet Nam have embraced his dictum that "hatred is the basis of Communism." In both countries last week there were signs of mounting tension. Hanoi, Hue and Haiphong, as well as all of Viet Nam's armed forces, went on alert, and radio stations announced that "self defense" classes were being set up. On the Chinese side, the number of troops on the frontier was increased, and crews moved into border areas to widen roads for the passage of military equipment...