Word: vigillantly
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...Vigil. By nightfall five destroyers, two submarines, a frigate and another submarine rescue ship were headed for the spot where Thresher went down. The night searchers found an oil slick. And finally Admiral Anderson came to perhaps the most painful decision of his career. The Navy must begin telling families of the men aboard Thresher that a tragedy may have occurred...
...week after the overthrow of Iraq's Dictator Abdul Karim Kassem. the crack of rifle fire still echoed in Baghdad's Liberation Square. Tanks and armored cars kept stern vigil at every important intersection. Scurrying everywhere were the little squads of men wearing green armbands-ferrets who sought to find and to crush the last remaining opposition to Rebel President Abdul Salam Aref and his mysterious revolutionary backers...
...hard-pressed President Romulo Betancourt, a liberal who is a dedicated enemy of Castro's, had already started preparing his country for a state of mobilization on the ground that Cuba "stands as a constant threat to our security." He now sent battle dressed marines to stand vigil over the oilfields and put one-half of Venezuela under virtual martial...
Near the charred remains of the Mount Olive Baptist Church in Sasser. Ga., which segregationist whites had burned to the ground. Temple University Student Prathia Hall, 22, led the all-Negro congregation in a worship vigil. "We may not be free in our lifetime," she prayed, "but O God, Lord in Heaven, we're going to be free...
...trying to bring integration to Albany, Ga., the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and his Negro followers have had plenty of armchair support from Northern whites. Last week came more impressive backing-an act of belief. Asked by Dr. King to join in a prayer vigil in Albany, 75 Protestant, Jewish and Catholic laymen and clerics submitted to arrest and jail for praying on behalf of the cause of desegregation...