Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Russians pulled back their airplanes and tightened their control of administration, operations and supplies at bases where Soviet troops are stationed. Cairo, Alexandria, Inshahs, Damietta, Aswan and Helwan are all protected by 15 to 20 batteries of SA3 missiles (with eight missiles to a battery). The batteries are on alert against any low-flying aircraft that might be carrying out ground-support missions for anti-Russian forces-and that could mean not only Israelis but also Egyptians carrying out a pro-Western coup. About 5,000 Russian infantrymen guard the SA3 missile sites, and they have been briefed...
...temporarily occupied two army camps. But they ignored Conakry's radio station, whose Chinese-made transmitter is located practically next door to PAIGC headquarters. Thus Touré was able to go on the air with an emotional report to his people and a plea to them to remain alert: "Leave your books and get your arms, leave your kitchen pots and get your arms, leave your plows and get your arms." The President reportedly was being assisted in directing the battle by Kwame Nkrumah, who was deposed as President of Ghana in 1966 and has since become Guinea...
...French news agency reported that "loudspeakers blared reports that United States planes were operating within 30 miles of the city. They warned the population to be on full alert. By mid-morning, Hanoi seemed back to normal, the streets busy with innumerable bicycles and small trucks, and children holding hands, walking to school as usual...
...Israeli convoy, which moved to a secluded spot. For 90 minutes, Jordan's King Hussein and Israel's Deputy Premier Yigal Allon carried on an undisturbed conversation in an air-conditioned car. Israeli security men maintained a lookout, and Israeli army units near by went on the alert, without being told...
...championship against Princeton, so the game versus Harvard was anticlimactic. We were favored by two or three touchdowns but a proud Harvard team fought hard because it had the incentive to upset the champs and finish the season on a winning note. Staying in the game with an alert defense, Harvard went ahead in the final minutes. We came back to score but Harvard did not quit. They drove all the way down the field only to fumble on the tenyard line. I was played up as the hero of the game because of the last minute touchdown pass. Because...