Word: guarding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...captain used his cell phone to call his brother to bring batteries to get them back to port, but ultimately, the brother suffered electronic problems of his own and had to be towed back to harbor by the Coast Guard...
...midnight approached, and the rope broke for the third time, it increasingly became clear the Coast Guard would be needed. The clear forecast of the afternoon and early evening had turned into rough seas, and swells measured nearly 15 feet...
Ogletree and the rest of the crew did their best manually bailing out of the boat an estimated 2,000 gallons of water, with Ogletree filling more than 100 buckets. Yet, the Coast Guard, which had initially said it would only take 45 minutes to arrive, took nearly three hours, arriving in a 47-foot boat instead of a 110-footer, which better suited...
First, Watson has, according to both patrol officers and Cambridge political officials, been at odds with his top supervisors since he became commissioner in 1996. Though Watson has been an effective manager, his style has clashed with the old guard at the department. Worse, according to some, is that Watson never developed rapport with his patrol officers, due in part to his stormy relationship with the Cambridge Police Patrol Officer's Union...
...Shortly afterward, Dili descended into total violence. Most foreign journalists fled, but a core group of 30 of us remained, deciding to move to the Turismo Hotel for safety. Almost immediately police told us there would be an attack on the hotel, and they couldn't protect us. Under guard, we moved to the U.N. compound...