Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outside the gates of Stormont, the seat of government in the province. Nearby, at the gloomy, old Stormont Castle, Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Roy Mason, a tough ex-miner, calmly directed security operations. The 14,500 British troops in Northern Ireland were placed on alert, and 2,000 more were flown in, but order was maintained by the Ulster police force. The Secretary kept a low profile, although he did send Paisley a letter that ended angrily: "You are playing the I.R.A. game and you should realize it." By way of reply, Paisley denounced "that...
...several forged identity documents. Authorities suspect that Sonnenberg and Becker had been bringing the arms and documents to a secret meeting of terrorists in Switzerland when they were recognized from newspaper photos by the sharp-eyed old lady in Singen. German and Swiss police were on high-priority alert last week as they searched for two other suspects in the Buback assassination conspiracy...
...smooth choreography of the Citizens of Verona and Milan and the alert timing and confident sound of the orchestra provides the back-drop for a demanding variety of song and dance numbers parceled out among a handful of actors. The isolated soliloquies and duologues of Shakespeare's play carry over into frequent solo and duo performances of Guare's lurics. The music does not make operatic claims on the actors' voices, but its idiosyncratic Spanish and soul-based timing can be tricky. What with the generous amplification, no one is under much strain...
...brightest of British journalists and a star of the old TW3: "David not only has genuine ability but also human qualities of kindness, generosity, good nature and sympathy." Frost's self-judgment is more modest: "The aim of everything I do is to leave the audience a little more alert, a little more aware, a little more alive." Richard Nixon must feel that way this week...
...Fort Worth, Denver, Kansas City), a computer is also keeping its unblinking eye on the action. If two of the little boxes come within two minutes of each other on a collision course, the computer, keeping track of the heading and speed, makes both data blocks start blinking to alert the controller...