Word: alerting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wills, new forebodings about an uncertain future that might involve chaos, coups, civil war. Without much visible success, the government of the Shah's appointee, Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, struggled for both popularity and credibility. Led by generals fiercely loyal to the Shah, the army stayed on the alert, clashing sporadically with opponents of the monarch. At week's end, Bakhtiar made a dramatic bid to break the impasse. He offered to meet early this week with Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, the bearded, 78-year-old leader of the country's revolution, at the exiled Ayatullah...
Members of the Red Line Alert, a citizens' group composed of three neighborhood resident coalitions, protested construction activities at Garfield St. earlier this week...
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...once popular, are now regarded as too big a risk for families to take. Says one American housewife: "It's a big social event to sip coffee and listen to the BBC." Armed guards patrol the gates and grounds of American compounds, and at Shahin Shahr, colored flags alert residents to the state of security in the complex: a red flag flown means danger, yellow advises caution and white means all clear. Since the system was initiated some time ago, the white flag has not been used...
With both teams playing a man short, Harvard drew first blood when an alert Scott Schereschewsky blasted in defenseman Doug Horton's rebound during a goalmouth melee...