Word: escorting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were attempting to photograph them in a public place, according to the two reporters involved. On another occasion, they ignored a threat made to a reporter's life--again, according to the reporter. Instead of responding to the situation, our reporter said the officers found it more important to escort the Saudi Arabian who made the threat to his limousine...
...Improve campus security. The escort service admits in the phone book that it cannot be used routinely for protection. Harvard must provide more funding for a full-fledged escort service and must provide for a 24 hour study area...
...hour artillery barrage. During the battle, the Emir's younger brother Fahd was killed. The Iraqi force assigned to secure the oil rigs off Kuwait's shores saw the most action. Kuwaiti troops and missile boats managed to sink and burn an unknown number of Iraqi landing craft and escort ships. By early afternoon, however, nearly all Kuwait's guns had been silenced. In all, it is estimated that 200 Kuwaitis were killed in the assault. No figure for Iraqi casualties was available...
...dissident organization to plan a historic pan-national rally for Aug. 15, the 45th anniversary of liberation from Japan. But when the five arrived at the border, they first refused to accept South Korea's choice of a hotel and then insisted that the dissidents rather than government representatives escort them at the meeting. At that Seoul balked. After two days of arguing, the North Koreans returned home...
...last week, thousands of bag-toting volunteers scoured streets and back alleys for litter. Others painted over graffiti and planted hundreds of red begonias. Freshly remodeled hotels stocked up on ethnic food; civic workers conducted courtesy classes for taxi drivers; and the police readied 125 new patrol cars for escort duty...