Word: escorting
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...horrors have a way of sneaking past closed doors and the barriers of denial. When Nosh's uncle Kahtan suffered a heart attack one night, the family couldn't take him to a hospital. It was after curfew, and the police said it was too dangerous to provide an escort. Unable to get treatment, Kahtan died at home, another victim of the violence that lurks in Iraq's streets...
...urban environment, and one has to pay extreme attention at all times and have their eyes and ears peeled.” The crime represented a threat “especially for women,” he added. He said that the HUPD-run campus escort service is a good option for those students who feel unsafe in light of the attempted abduction. But if past statistics are any indication, the number of those using the services might remain flat. When the program began in March 2004, only an average of two students used the services, even after eight indecent...
...Jesse James: Mr. Tattoos and leather, the custom motorcycle builder, will have to scrub up to escort wife, Crash's Sandra Bullock, who will be a presenter...
...been approved for coverage by the media. At polling station number 10, located inside a low-slung primary school, there were more reporters than voters. Journalists captured images of the orderly lines and jostled to photograph the royalist candidate, Sherif Ali, as he arrived with a large armed escort to cast his vote. Security was tight, and every voter was patted down before approaching the ballot boxes. But voters seemed happy about the precautions. "All my neighbors are going to vote," said Salim, a 22-year-old student in line at the school. He said he had felt safe walking...
That afternoon, says Mahalingam, a small boat flying a white flag approached. Somali negotiators had sent it to escort the Semlow to a Somali port where it could off-load the rice it was still carrying. Mahalingam radioed the Torgelow, a sister ship that was carrying tea and coffee for Somali traders as well as food and oil for the Semlow. But instead of hearing the captain's voice on the radio, Mahalingam heard a familiar Somali accent. The pirates had their next catch...