Word: guarde
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, at present the Europeans have little desire to devote large budgetary resources to their defense. Until we can persuade them to do so, we must continue to guard the continent. If our commitment disappeared, our closest allies--culturally and economically as well as militarily--would be at substantial risk. A world without intimate friends in Europe would be a cold one indeed, something to consider next time the Administration's negotiators sit down in snowy Geneva...
Earlier in the day, a Saudi Arabian coast guard vessel hit a mine in the northern end of the Persian Gulf and two crewmen were injured slightly, Saudi police said...
...Saudi coast guard ship hit a mine 10 to 20 miles off the village of Khafji, more than 550 miles northwest of the Fujairah anchorage, according to a police officer contacted by telephone in Khafji...
...Coast guard patrols in Fujairah ordered ships away from the 35-square-mile area after an Arab vessel reported sighting the sixth mine early yesterday...
...Connecticut, the department of correction is experimentally using two National Guard barracks as a temporary jail for drunken drivers. In Missouri and Oregon, prison authorities have renovated mental hospitals to house convicted felons. In New Jersey, where inmates have been sleeping in gymnasiums, classrooms and a chapel, officials are considering buying a World War II Navy troopship to use as a prison. Meanwhile, New York City is readying a second decommissioned Staten Island ferryboat to moor alongside the Vernon C. Bain, which has housed up to 162 prisoners on the East River since March...