Word: vigilancy
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...three-day vigil that started Thursday night with people from all over the country calling her and urging her to run and people sending telegrams and messages," he said...
...each tipped with two 500-kiloton nuclear warheads. But if the vessel is gone, it has not been forgotten. Since the sinking last Oct. 6, Soviet ships have watched over the site, "maintaining a nearly continuous presence," according to a Pentagon official. Sometimes a Soviet merchant ship keeps the vigil. At other times an AGI (intelligence-gathering vessel) watches over the spot where the sub went under. While the Pentagon says no ship has been on the site for about six weeks, the Soviets are monitoring the area by satellite...
...Pope is sure to be confronted by demonstrators angry about papal positions. Indeed, some started early. Last week Eleanor Smeal, ex-president of NOW, was among those arrested protesting the status of women in the church at the Vatican embassy in Washington. The gay Catholic group Dignity plans a vigil in Detroit to pray for the Pope's enlightenment on lesbian and gay rights issues. In Los Angeles, feminist, homosexual and atheist groups have formed an ad hoc alliance to stage a vigil outside the parish house of St. Vibiana's Cathedral, where the Pope will be staying, in hopes...
Olliemania was breaking out all over. There was the irreverent: "The First Annual Fawn Hall Shredding Party" at a bar in Marina del Rey, Calif., in which the contest winner destroyed a computer printout marked CONFIDENTIAL. And the worshipful: a candlelight vigil by about 100 Olliephiles gathered on the steps of the Utah state capitol in Salt Lake City. The vigil, organized by an Annapolis classmate of North's, began with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by spirited chanting of "We love Ollie...
...Bell's vigil is the latest in a series of protests against these recent tenure rejections. On May 13, more than 200 students gathered to hear five professors speak about Dalton's tenure case. Afterwards, 75 students marched on President Bok's office in Massachusetts Hall and the office of Law School Dean James Vorenberg...