Word: safely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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African nations also were the first to pioneer "corridors of peace," areas which provide UN relief convoys with safe passage even when sections of Africa are at war, Diallo said...
...when we passed Edrinjaca," sobbed Hanifa Hajdarovic, whose two children, Senija, 5, and Senad, a babe in arms, did not survive the harrowing, eight-hour passage through Serb lines. "But there was a jolt. I was knocked down, and my children were both crushed. We thought we would be safe if we left Srebrenica...
...first U.N. trucks finally lumbered into Srebrenica, Merima and her brothers slept close by to assure themselves a spot. Now safe in Tuzla, Merima studied a sandwich and an orange that have been plopped into her soot-stained hands by an aid worker, not quite sure whether to admire them or eat them. Her brothers puzzle over jars of British baby food. "We haven't seen such things in almost a whole year -- chocolate, oranges, real bread," says Merima. "We've been living in a different world. Before the war we wouldn't even think about bread...
...first study compared two similar (but not identical) drugs, captopril and enalapril, both of which are safe and effective. Surprisingly, the patients on captopril reported feeling better physically and emotionally -- and sleeping more soundly -- than those taking enalapril. The second study tested six drugs and found that their effectiveness at controlling blood pressure depended on who was taking them. Diltiazem worked especially well for black men, captopril for younger white men, and atenolol for older white men. The results will undoubtedly prompt studies in women as well...
Several days later, when the post-election riots in Kingston, the capital, had subsided and the death count had been tallied, a few military officers ambled through the Port Antomo streets. On election day, of course, we hadn't left the safe seclusion of our house. We had played croquet...