Word: alertness
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...Defense Forces] and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We agreed that what happened on Jan. 9 and 13 cannot happen again. We gave the order to the head of the air force. On Saturday, [Brothers' planes] came twice. The San Antonio air base was on high alert. On the third pass, they scrambled and did their job. They shot the planes down. They are professionals. They did what they believe is the right thing. These are all people we trust, but I take responsibility for what happened...
...dynamic lecturer, Kelly not only sings, he also plays the piano, draws diagrams, brings in live performers and plays CDs and videos to make his points and keep his students alert at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays...
...three years ahead of William Bennett, the entrepreneurial virtue-monger of the '90s. We are all Gonzaga boys. I see any one of us, long ago, mounting the stage in the dusky Gonzaga auditorium and declaiming "A Message to Garcia," while black-cassocked Jesuits perch along the sidewalls, alert and ominous as crows...
...Harvard women's basketball team is on full battle station alert this weekend to preserve its throne atop the Ancient Eight, and you can expect some all-out basketball from this year's team of stars. IVY STANDINGS IVY OVERALL Team W L PCT W L PCT Harvard 8 1 .889 15 6 .714 Dartmouth 7 2 .778 15 6 .714 Yale 6 4 .600 11 11 .500 Brown 6 4 .600 9 13 .409 Princeton 5 4 .556 15 8 .652 Cornell 5 5 .500 10 12 .455 Columbia 1 9 .100 2 20 .091 Penn...
...glad to see a budget letter as comprehensive and with as good financial news as this one. There is always work to be done, however, and we must stay alert to make sure Harvard does not lapse into a larger deficit or drag its heels in hiring...