Word: escorting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...little concerned for my safety, I decided to call the Harvard University Campus Escort Program (HUCEP), but not without some reluctance. Social norms dictate that no man, no Harvard man, no “real” man, should be afraid to walk a puny half mile across a well-populated college campus at midnight. I, like all other Harvard men, didn’t like the idea of being escorted somewhere. No one wants to be seen having his hand held crossing Mount Auburn Street. No one likes admitting that he is a potential target of a nighttime crime...
...plans to meet the basic needs of citizens and save half the expected revenues in a fund for future generations - like the thousand young Catholics gathered at a conference in Ermera, a coffee-growing area some 50 km from Dili. It's taken Prime Minister Alkatiri and his escort almost three hours to make the hazardous road journey here, but at the end of his pep talk, he takes 90 minutes of questions. The main issue seems to be the security situation over the coming months, as U.N. forces are wound down. Alkatiri is also asked to explain himself over...
Brokaw arrived 15 minutes after the discussion began due to the cancellation of his flight out of New York. Upon his arrival at Logan Airport, he was given a state police escort to expedite his arrival...
...expect to be reading about [the police escort] on Page Six—that’s my only request,” Brokaw said, alluding to the popular gossip section in the New York Post...
Councillor Marjorie C. Decker said she had noticed a “visible increase” in police patrols of the Harvard Square area since the crime wave. She also praised the increased use of escort services on the campus...