Word: patroled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Italy a few years ago, one referee had his ear bitten off. In France, all stadiums have been forced to erect 7-ft.-high iron fences to keep irate fans off the field. In Britain, police patrol special football trains to curb fights. Last week in Rome, after Juventus won the national league title by beating Roma, the Juventus players had to drive through a gauntlet of angry Roma supporters who pummeled their cars with sticks and boots...
...Frank Wills was working as a security guard at Washington's Watergate complex. He noticed on his first round that the latch of a basement door had been taped open. Wills assumed workmen that day had done it; so he removed the tape and continued his patrol. When he came around again, however, he found that the tape had been replaced. Wills called the police. The five Watergate burglars were arrested, and the episode became part of the currently traumatic American history...
Complaints from some park visitors who felt unsafe alone in the 265-acre park prompted Arboretum officials to hire a security patrol three years...
City police began three weeks ago to patrol the Arboretum since they received complaints of harrassment and littering. As a result the littering problem has stabilized at the Arboretum...
Youth groups patrol the countryside, repairing bombed out bridges, railways and roads so truck and bicycle convoys can pass during the night. They move earth and heavy stones with their hands. Ho Chi Minh, one of the greatest and most humane political leaders of this century, travels from village to village, squatting on the ground awaiting his turn to speak at political meetings...