Word: warded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...black bus, its windows wire-meshed to ward off rocks and grenades, rolled through the gate into Tan Son Nhut Air base on the edge of Saigon. Special police and South Vietnamese air force guards?ordinarily sticklers for formality?barely glanced up as they waved the vehicle on. Among the mixed load of American and Vietnamese passengers was Howard Hagen, an aircraft technician from Odessa, Texas, and more recently from Danang, South Viet Nam. "I just wish it hadn't turned out this way," said Hagen. "I'm leaving with a sad heart...
...Elissa Ward Johnson Columbia...
...force for an indefinite period. For something less even than this already dubious possibility, Israel was supposed to surrender the Abu Rudeis oil fields, which provide the country with nearly half of its requisite oil supply, and the Gidi and Mitla passes, natural fortifications essential for Israel to ward off a surprise attack like the Egyptian canal crossing of October...
...pages. Sheed & Ward...
Condon had planned to share the overnight duty with another intern, covering the ward from 6 p.m. to midnight while his colleague slept, then catching a few hours' sleep himself while his partner watched the ward. But at 7 p.m. the hospital admitted a heart-attack victim, and Condon's plans quickly changed. While the other intern took over the ward, Condon and the resident administered powerful drugs and oxygen to the patient. When he failed to respond, they inserted a tube in his windpipe to assist his breathing. In an effort to ease the burden...