Word: guard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Five soldiers of the Presidential Guard arrived at independent radio station Liberte at 11:45 a.m. yesterday to deny the reports Avril had been ousted...
...source close to the government said soldiers in the Presidential Guard had foiled rebels who tried to stage a coup...
Gingrich's victory was a rebuke to the House's Old Guard Republicans, a breed typified by the congenial minority leader, Bob Michel of Illinois. The chunky, blow-dried Gingrich represents the party's Young Turks, ultra- conservative Republicans, many of them elected in the '80s, who are fed up with their elders' deference to the majority. The Old Guard, Gingrich said, "tends to say, 'Oh, gee, ((the Democrats)) are in charge. How can we be nice enough to them that they'll let us pretend we're part of the game?' " In contrast, he declared, "I represent the wing...
Emergency crews placed booms in the sound to contain the spill, and the Coast Guard dropped chemicals in an attempt to break up the slick. But local officials criticized Exxon and pipeline officials for responding slowly. Doug Griffin, city manager of Valdez, said the first teams to arrive waited for a leader to show up and take charge...
There will be two very good reasons why this hockey contest should be exciting: Minnesota junior goaltender Robb Stauber and his Badger counterpart, Curtis Joseph, who will digging in their skates, sliding on masks and getting ready to guard roomy nets while the crowd at Mariucci settles down in its seats...