Word: guards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...site of Christ's crucifixion and tomb, the church has since 1852 been managed according to an uneasy truce imposed on six warring Christian factions by the Ottoman sultan who ruled Jerusalem at the time. Franciscan Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Egyptian Coptic, Syrian and Ethiopian sects each jealously guard their portion of the holy site, according the sultan's rules. But there is only one entrance to the church, which the Israeli authorities fear isn't enough for safety reasons - especially when an expected 17,000 candle-bearing worshipers pack the church at the Greek Orthodox Easter next April...
...attack on a Harvard Medical School security guard occurred yesterday morning, only days after an animal rights group sent threatening letters to eight Medical School faculty members...
...guard was patrolling the area behind the New England Regional Primate Research Center--located on the Medical School's Southborough campus--at 1 a.m. when he noticed "motion" in a wooded area, according to a Medical School news release. When he left his car to investigate, someone threw several rocks...
...right time, between the rope hitting the floor and it hitting you in the face. Do you wait or do you rush? If you rush, you can become a human doorstop. If you wait, you're left hanging for a full rotation. Bea Beaulieu, a Science Center security guard who has been navigating the spinners for years, holds the secret to the rotating doors. "You have to scoot," she says, doing a sample "scoot" dance in her Wackenhut uniform. To "scoot," you need to be in tune with the beat of the door and move to its rhythm...
Changing of the Guard...