Word: guarde
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Wildcat guard Derek Counts--who scored 18 of his game-high 31 points in the second half--handed out an assist on a Dave Murray lay-up, UNH pulled to within one, 51-50, with 11:31 left in the game...
...rifle, a pistol with a silencer, and several hand grenades, he ran toward a military camp 175 yds. away. He opened fire on a truck outside the base, killing the driver and wounding a woman soldier riding with him. As the attacker hurled grenades and sprayed bullets, the single guard at the gate retreated, allowing the assailant free entry into the camp. The man, who turned out to be a Palestinian guerrilla, had killed six Israeli soldiers and wounded seven others before he was shot to death by a 20-year-old officer who was among those wounded...
...March 1978, when eleven Palestinian gunmen killed 37 Israelis and wounded 82 after hijacking a bus. Officials voiced rare criticism of their troops last week, pointing out that those in charge of the camp had taken few or no precautions despite a general military alert. Not only did the guard at the gate leave the area when the shooting started, but many of the soldiers killed and wounded had been playing backgammon and checkers in a "clubhouse" tent when the guerrilla entered the military camp. "How did it happen," asked Army Chief of Staff Lieut. General Dan Shomron, "that...
...dimmed by the November sacking of one of his chief lieutenants, Moscow Communist Party Boss Boris Yeltsin, after a public disgrace reminiscent of the Stalin era. Since Yeltsin was an enthusiast for perestroika (restructuring of the Soviet economy), his peremptory dismissal has been interpreted as a signal that Old Guard bureaucrats are reining in the pace of Gorbachev's domestic reforms...
Once a placid repository, the office is soon expected to buzz with activity. The sole security guard will be joined by other watchmen. Offices are being spruced up, and five new microfilm readers are being installed. The cause of the upheaval is a yellowing collection of World War II dossiers that contain depositions, unproven allegations and intelligence reports on thousands of suspected and known German, Austrian, East European and Japanese war criminals. This week, after decades of neglect and limited access, the records will be made available to accredited scholars, researchers and journalists. Says Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's permanent representative...