Word: escorting
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...them if the old man goes, now are said to listen thoughtfully to anti-Trujillo talk. Helping their speculations along are two opposition hopes. One is that an attempt to assassinate the tyrant will succeed. In the past year, two attempts have been made: two months ago an escort car in his motorcade through the countryside was shot up and a bodyguard wounded; earlier, three army officers tried and failed to plant a bomb in his car. The other opposition hope is that stronger sanctions by the Organization of American States, with participation by the U.S. as Trujillo...
...troopers ignored screaming students who roamed the campus for another 90 minutes. The troopers' mission, instead, was to escort Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes straight back to Atlanta, 73 miles away. The Negroes were officially suspended-"in the interests of their own safety and the safety of the more than 7,000 students at the university," said Dean of Students Joe Williams. Holmes left in speechless anger. Charlayne went off in tears...
...United Arab Republic and the canniest professional of the lot, was en route by sea in his official yacht Al Hurriyah (Freedom). Nasser, who claims leadership of Africa because Egypt guards "the northern gate of the continent," suffered mortification when he arrived without the two Egyptian corvettes assigned to escort him. Reportedly, they ran out of fuel and had to be ignominiously towed into a Spanish port...
...Straying Escort. Sputtering with rage, Colonel Mobutu vowed to retaliate and to bring Kivu back under his control. But how? The only troops he could depend on were nearLéopoldville, 900 miles away, and the U.N. surely would forbid the use of trucks or planes to haul them east for an all-out invasion. No one, however, could complain when he airlifted 100 troops to Kasai as an escort for President Joseph Kasavubu on his official visit to Bakwanga, capital of the secessionist Mining State in Kasai. But soon after the heavily armed "escort" got to Kasai, the transports...
...publique!" interspersed with chorus after chorus of the Marseillaise, which in Belgium has a distinctly revolutionary, antimonarchical flavor. Baudouin and bride heard none of this as they stepped out of the plane at the airport. "Vive le Roi! Vive la Reine!" cried the small welcoming delegation. Then, under heavy escort, their limousine bore the royal couple through the riot-torn city to the palace...