Word: escorting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...parade, a new addition to the Woman of the Year ceremonies, will escort Minnelli into Cambridge. Antique automobiles, fire engines, bicycles, mounted police and the Harvard band will take part...
...operation had been meticulous and even loving, in an official way. When the prisoners of war from Korea were released in 1953, they were greeted by an intimidating battery of officers, psychiatrists and reporters; this time the prisoners were to be protected. Each was assigned his own escort, a sort of aide-de-camp, counselor, valet and buddy. Many of the escorts were personal friends of the captives, the others were selected by service, age, rank and background to match their P.O.W.s as closely as possible...
...Philippines, evacuation planes and flight crews are on alert for the first airlift out of Hanoi, expected to come some time this week. A fully staffed hospital, complete with 50 doctors, 800 nurses and turquoise sheets, stands ready to receive as many as 150 men at once. The personal escorts assigned to each prisoner have begun to arrive. According to Major Joel S. Hetland, one of the officers on escort duty, they are being briefed with advice from former prisoners like "Don't ask your man how it was up there in Hanoi." In order to ensure that returnees...
...fans took exception to this action and began getting a little rowdy. Some white security men came love to try and escort the blacks out, but about 200 other black's came over to mediate the dispute. After a bit of pushing and showing, the security men decided to allow the fans to remain...
...newsmen. Later, as troops continued to surround the airport hotel where Perón had taken a suite of rooms, his supporters began to grumble that he was being held prisoner. Perhaps fearing riots, the government removed the troops and allowed Perón to drive under military escort to a Buenos Aires suburb, where he set up headquarters in the posh, three-story house that Peronistas had purchased...