Word: escort
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Caught in the middle of the conflict were at least 6,000 tourists. Under escort of U.N. and British troops, a makeshift convoy of more than 500 private autos, trucks and armored cars evacuated about 4,400 foreign nationals from the beleaguered capital to the British base at Dhekelia...
...Spirit of 76, spotted four Soviet-built Syrian MlGs coming up fast. He immediately took evasive action, putting the giant jet through a series of sharp turns and steep banks while radioing the Damascus control tower for help. Assured that the fighters were on a friendly- though unannounced- escort mission, Colonel Albertazzie landed the President in Syria for his meetings with the leaders of a nation that has been bitterly anti-American as well as anti-Israeli...
...does not even hum as she bustles about the shop, straightening rows of candy bars and selling cookies. But, say admiring fellow workers, "she's definitely improved sales." Enlisting as a volunteer when her mother was hospitalized at Roosevelt eleven months ago, Ethel was first a patients' escort, then joined the gift shop. Now she comes in at least once a week-her other engagements, such as a concert tour with Carroll O'Connor permitting. "She's a great wrapper," says the shop's manager. Belts Ethel: "I'm lousy at corners." Then Nonsmoker...
Meanwhile, various women's groups had submitted to House masters proposals to take steps, while the Administration began to implement security measures. Lights were improved, as were entry-way locks; student patrols were formed; escort systems arose so students could travel at night...
...advantage of Magruder's renewed notoriety, the New York City publishing house Atheneum rushed into print with his memoirs, An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate, which were originally scheduled for release in mid-July. When Magruder surrenders next week to federal marshals who will escort him to a minimum-security prison in Allen wood, Pa., the 338-page volume will be on sale for $10 in book stores along the East Coast...