Word: escort
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kitchen is equipped with three ovens, though a frequent escort, Washington Advertising Executive Robert Gray, observes, "She doesn't cook, but she's good with ice cubes." Continues Gray: "Rose is a great girl, but she's a lousy date." One-third of an evening with her, he complains amiably, is pre-empted by interlopers who want to get messages through to the President. Though Rose politely takes them, says Gray, "she would rather dance than anything." When no dancing partner is available, the auburn-haired, matronly secretary has been known to take to the dance floor by herself, dancing...
Student groups at many of the Houses have suggested ways of reducing the danger of violent assault. Women's groups in Adams and Lowell have demanded intensified bursar's card identification procedures like the one in operation at Currier House, installation of well-lighted University phones, and escort services...
...Quincy House Committee has already instituted a nighttime escort service. Students in the House have been asked to sign up to accompany other House members who must walk to evening classes...
...night. Their need for men to protect them is even greater now than before. This will probably even serve as an actual ego-booster to many men, and yet the tacit acceptance of a situation where women cannot move freely about, but are in constant need of a male escort is a participation in that violence...
Israel has provided 80 escort officers, including the movie star Haim Topol, to act as translators and tour guides to combat zones approved by Israeli security. As an added fillip, the military press liaison runs daily tourist buses from Tel Aviv to the Golan Heights, but this service is unpopular with many reporters. "I wouldn't get into one of those coffins with masses of correspondents," says New York Times Correspondent Terence Smith. Indeed, on one trip, bus drivers ventured too close to the battle line and came under Syrian air and artillery attack. Only poor marksmanship averted...