Word: cordons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...terrorists cold enough to remain nameless have broken through America's cordon of safety, these experiences may be repeated over and over again. The consequences will almost certainly reverberate beyond this summer, beyond the besmirched beaches of New York. Early last Friday morning on Fire Island, Judy Hester walked down to the surf in front of her cottage. As she watched the sun peeking over the Atlantic, she saw that the glassy calm of the ocean during the past day and a half had disintegrated. In its place were "a lot of choppy, wind-driven waves." Unsettled by the sight...
...large marquee. But the sight on the opposite slopes was anything but bucolic. Two rows of razor wire separated the church and the main road into town. Behind this first barrier was a second: a gray wall of armored Land Rovers, parked nose to tail. And behind the second cordon was a third: a phalanx of policemen from the Royal Ulster Constabulary...
...advanced stage of an exemplary career can hardly cow this very private public man. In Writing Home, his delightful prose collection recently published in Britain and due out in the U.S. later this year, Bennett describes himself as "one who can scarcely remove his tie without having a police cordon thrown around the building." His sly art is an anti-striptease: he reveals only edges and crinkles of himself in the pith of an essay or dramatic monologue. "Bennett has become a major figure in the English landscape despite versatility and his steadfast wish to remain hidden," writes critic David...
...well prepared, and many were crushed to death inside their old wooden homes. Despite the misery, the people of Kobe say ``Shoganai'' (It can't be helped). However, we Japanese cannot say ``Shoganai'' to the slow response and disorganization of the government. Why did the authorities fail to cordon off main roads for official use? Why did it take four hours before troops were sent for the rescue operation? Many people could have been removed from the rubble if the authorities had responded quickly. In the future, similar quakes will hit other parts of the country, but the first upheaval...
...result was a deadly confusion that seemed to overtake every level of government. Immediately after the quake, Kobe authorities failed to cordon off main roads for official use, and the delay of police and fire vehicles undoubtedly raised the death toll. For nearly four hours, the Governor of Hyogo prefecture, which includes Kobe, neglected to make the necessary request for aid to the national armed forces, which would provide 16,000 rescuers by week's end. The national government could also have stepped in sooner to aid with coordination. Soldiers who did arrive were plagued by communications snafus: at midnight...