Word: escorting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...temporary forward camp inside Syria, we encountered Chaim Topol -the movie star who played Tevye the Milkman in Fiddler on the Roof. As soon as the war started, Topol rushed home from London to volunteer his services. He was assigned to be an escort officer for visiting correspondents. The soldiers who crowded round the actor were not disappointed. "I took some correspondents to the Sinai the other day," he told the men, grinning. "When we got close to the shooting, one of them said that he had to get back to Tel Aviv because he had a deadline." The soldiers...
...abandoned concrete bunkers built into the sides of the hills by the Syrians and protected by blast walls nearly six inches thick. Strewn about were hundreds of empty cans of Danish beef and Lebanese cheese. A camouflaged truck, looking quite new, sat abandoned outside one of the bunkers. Our escort officer, a major in intelligence, searched the truck and came out with a manual printed in Russian...
...Correspondent Jim Hartz and an Israeli escort officer were filming an interview as their car traveled on the Golan Heights behind Israeli lines. Without warning, a shell hit near the road. While camera and tape recorder continued to roll, Hartz, his escort and film crew ditched the car and sprawled on the ground as a heart-stopping succession of blasts bracketed them...
Though Perón was escorted to the National Congress by the traditional cavalry escort in 19th century uniforms, truckloads of troops in 20th century battle dress were interspersed among the horses. Running alongside the presidential limousine were at least a dozen bodyguards, covering every inch of the car. As he took the oath before a crammed joint session of Congress, Perón was visibly moved. His hand shook, and he quickly sat down afterward to wipe away his tears with a handkerchief...
Walking home from a Mass Ave pizza shop one night, Hart meets Kingsfield's daughter Susan (Lindsay Wagner), who says she is being followed and asks him to escort her to the next block. Romance, of course, ensues, providing some of the film's dumber moments (such as a romp through snowy Harvard Stadium a la Love Story...