Word: guardedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Guns were, however, very much in evidence at Evers' inauguration. At the inaugural ball in nearby Natchez-apparently the first integrated dance in that city's history-black deputies were joined by FBI agents, local police and firemen, while two National Guard units were on alert. As it turned out, the only excesses in Natchez that night were the profits of local bars, which saw only one color in the Evers celebration-green...
...samples, and lumps of rock, will be collected by the astronauts and stored in air-tight boxes. Wood pointed out that this procedure insures that "a sample of the lunar vacuum will be preserved to guard against contamination by the earth's atmosphere...
That argument is rather specious, since the number of soldiers who carry their Social Security numbers in their heads roughly equals the number volunteering for night guard duty...
...road between the two bases. While working to keep the road open and in good repair, the American engineers could not depend upon the South Vietnamese for protection. On several occasions, the South Vietnamese refused to respond to pleas by ambushed engineers. Four weeks ago, a 20-man ARVN guard detail deserted a U.S. working party when North Vietnamese ambushers opened fire. Cursing their allies, the surviving Americans finally managed to drag their dead and wounded to safety. Over an eight-week period, the U.S. engineers lost 19 men killed and 120 wounded, in part because they received inadequate protection...
When the beeps broadcast trouble, the general decides to fire his ultimate weapon - Hathaway. Will Hathaway blow his mind, or will he reach the Rus sian border before the Red Guard clos es in? The grim countdown begins...