Word: escorting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Syrian escort officer, a young lieutenant who spoke fluent English, explained that before the 1967 war, 150,000 Syrians had lived in the Golan. Today almost none do. (The Israelis insist that no more than 70,000 Syrians ever inhabited the area.) "It is our land," said the lieutenant. "It has never been their land. They lie when they say they need...
Seale cited Oakland Panthers' providing free food, free health clinics, and escort services for old people as programs that helped account for his 40,000 votes in the Oakland election. He predicted Pantherbacked candidates would win an election next year, with the help of better precinct organization...
...Well, if it hadn't been for the senior citizens we wouldn't have been here in the first place, so we organized this escort service," Seale said. "And we got 63 per cent of the vote in satellite senior citizens' homes--old white racists changed their minds and voted for two black revolutionaries...
...humor of the chase comes from Tanner's success in converting it into a stately progress. The 20 or 30 police cars involved generally serve as escort vehicles rather than the weapons of vengeance. The suspense stems from the fact that everyone but the criminals knows that Tanner must in the end uphold the kidnaping law rather than the spirit of common humanity, which has led him into his protective strategy...
...Money. Satisfied that his colleague was unharmed, Minter followed instructions. He dressed himself in jeans and a sports shirt, stashed two plastic suitcases full of cash into a borrowed Jeep, and drove north on Interstate 400 for some 30 miles. For the last few miles, he picked up an escort-one car carrying two men that drove ahead of him at a distance, another car with one occupant that followed. At an appointed sign, the courier placed both suitcases on the shoulder of the highway. Without waiting to watch the pickup, he turned and drove back to Atlanta...