Word: alerting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...both sides of the conflict. More than 1,000 dogs are in action on the allied side alone, and nearly 100 veterinarians serving in the U.S. Army in Viet Nam help care for them. German shepherd scout dogs lead jungle patrols sniffing out ambushes. Often they are more alert than their masters: last week, a U.S. Marine company commander took heavy casualties in an ambush after ignoring a dog's warning. The shepherds have an uncanny knack for avoiding booby traps (apparently, their ears can pick up the tiny sound made by the breeze on a taut trip wire...
They also have agreed upon a strategy for their inevitable confrontation with the military authorities. First, the scouts stationed at the doors will alert the people inside, who will take up positions sitting in the aisles and obstruct the path of the authorities. Meanwhile, eight hand-picked sactuary occupants will link arms in a circle around Kroll, creating a final barrier to be broken before Kroll can be taken into custody...
...Charle's Look Back in Anger doesn't offer much in the way of thoughtful reinterpretation. It's better than that, alert to dramatic details all the way down to the hairstyles, exciting and a little angry itself...
...Boston School Committee, over- riding the objections of Mayor Kevin H. White, has requested that the National Guard be placed on standby alert to deal with the violent disruptions that have been spreading through the Boston schools since Monday...
...Tito were siding with the "reactionaries" in the Prague regime. But both Communist leaders made it clear that if their countries were at tacked, the invaders would have a shooting resistance on their hands, unlike the situation in Czechoslovakia. The ar mies of both countries were put on alert. Tito and Ceausescu were concerned enough over Czechoslovakia, in fact, to get together for talks in the Yugoslav village of Ursac. The two considered calling for a European Communist Party summit to deal with the crisis. That might prove to be a highly uncomfortable gathering for Moscow (see following story...