Word: alerting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...obsessed with stamping his personal mark on the physiology and psychology of his country, brooks no opposition. When six retired high-ranking officials released a letter harshly condemning his brutally repressive regime, Ceausescu arrested the son of one of the signatories on spying charges and ordered a nationwide security alert...
...after the airliner tragedy. In July, Mrs. Rogers got a threatening call from someone she thought sounded Middle Eastern. "Are you the wife of the murderer?" the caller asked. When the Vincennes returned to its San Diego port in October, the ship's crew was ordered to be on alert for possible attacks when off the ship...
...approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, represents a sharp break with past airline- industry practices. In recommending the changes, safety experts tacitly acknowledged that more repairs and replacement should be done automatically as a plane ages rather than after inspections reveal problems. "Everybody in the industry is on the alert now," says Jerome Lederer, founder of the Virginia- based International Flight Safety Foundation, an aviation research group. "Aging aircraft can be a very, very serious problem...
...physical style] is the way they play, unfortunately," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "We really have to be alert because I'm sure they're not going to change their tactics. We'll just have to discipline ourselves to that...
...history to rescue a single species. Sponsored by the African Elephant Conservation Coordinating Group, a coalition of several international organizations, the plan calls for bolstering efforts to protect elephants against poachers, a study of ways to crack down on illegal trading of tusks, and a publicity campaign to alert people and governments to the relationship between the trade in ivory and the plight of the elephant. The AECCG hopes to raise at least $15 million in four years to finance its work...