Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tense Marines were ordered to their highest state of alert and reporters were told to get into bunkers or leave the area after suspicious trucks were seen around the airport...
...There have been three vehicles spotted driving around the area. There are suspicions that they could contain explosives," said Marine Capt. Wayne Jones. Officials gave no further information about the trucks, but the Marines remained on alert throughout...
Dartmouth had several chances in the final 10 minutes, but alert play by left back Toby Carroll and the rest of the defense preserved the Harvard victory...
...motorcade immediately turned away; soon afterward, the President cut short the journey and flew back to Seoul with his wife. Cabinet members who had not accompanied the President on the tour quickly convened in the South Korean capital, ordered the country's armed forces and police on special alert, and set up a task force of vice ministers to deal with the crisis. Barely before the smoke from the blast had cleared, South Korean officials charged that the bomb had been planted by North Korean agents, but provided no specific evidence to back their claim. Said Information Minister...
...blast plunged South Koreans into another round of mourning barely a month after the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. As soon as the military alert was announced, soldiers scurried back to their bases from weekend leave and civilians listened intently to their radios...