Word: guardedness
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Campaigning in the provincial town of Zacatecoluca last week, Duarte was doing his best to drum up enthusiasm for the election. Although he may well be the country's best political orator, he was guarded and defensive as he tried to explain why the junta had not brought either peace...
(8 of 11) brass band struck up the national anthem, and, for an instant, there was a bit of magic. Duarte affectionately waved to the crowd with both hands. Many waved back to wish him luck. But the moment died with the fading notes from the band. The crowd dispersed...
The manufacture and assembly of nuclear weapons are bid out to private suppliers, as is the case with every other item in the U.S. defense arsenal. Final assembly takes place in a spread of low buildings, protected by guard dogs and a high cyclone fence, that range over several acres...
The setting is a mental sanitarium. The head office is guarded by a maximum-security chain-link fence suggesting a concentration camp; sheaves of yellowing files conjure up a strangulating bureaucratic maze. Roote (George Martin), the government official in command, is a slightly dotty ex-colonel given to gung-ho...
Although Mehra and other students did not predict the result of a vote they expressed guarded optimism that the advisors committee would decide to ask the Corporation to reaffirm the present blanket ban enacted in 1978 after months of student protest.