Word: alertness
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Georgians remain suspicious of the Kremlin's intentions. They are worried that the gulf war gives the central government an excuse, under the guise of a military "alert," to reinforce troops in the republic, which shares a border with Turkey. If tanks should roll, they have vowed to take to the streets to defend their right to autonomy -- whatever the risks...
...covered wars in Vietnam and Africa, to Jordan. Vienna-based John Borrell, who in the mid-1980s reported extensively on the conflict in Lebanon, is in Syria, while stringer Aileen Keating is on duty at the important listening post of Bahrain. The four-member Jerusalem staff is on full alert. Washington's David Aikman, who has been monitoring diplomatic angles in several nations, will be holding the fort in Cairo. His Washington colleague Dick Thompson and photographers Dennis Brack and Kenneth Jarecke are relying on telephone beepers, awaiting the any-moment summons to a C-141 military press plane bound...
...diplomat who had been talking to Awad in a soundproofed embassy room picked up a telephone to alert the Swiss federal police. He told them a bomb disguised as a suitcase was hidden under the bed in Awad's seventh-floor hotel room. As a bomb squad raced to the hotel, Awad poured out details of his short-lived career as a terrorist. Suddenly, the American was called out of the room. When he came back, he was angry. The police had found Awad's suitcase right where he had said it would be -- but there was no bomb...
...Force Chief of Staff for disclosing sensitive Air Force war plans for the Persian Gulf. Last week Vice Admiral Richard C. Gentz, head of the Naval Air Systems Command, became another casualty. He was sacked because he was in charge of an oversight system that failed to alert the Pentagon to problems in the Navy's A-12 attack-bomber program. That led Cheney to assure Congress in April that the plane was on schedule and on budget. In fact, the development turned out to be 18 months behind and $1.3 billion over its estimated cost of $4.38 billion...
...five years on a deserted island to find her husband (Dean Martin) remarried. The TV documentary shows that contrary to Hollywood lore, Monroe was not listless and drugged-out in her last film appearance. In fact, she looks terrific (she had lost 15 lbs. for the part) and seems alert and spirited in the clips -- especially in the famous nude swimming scene that landed her on magazine covers around the world...