Word: guardedness
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Even if a rescue force managed to land undetected at Mehrabad Airport, the chances of saving the hostages would still be slim to none. In contrast to the Entebbe situation, where the Israelis were being held at a relatively lightly guarded airport on the outskirts of Kampala, a city with...
As their plane neared Phnom-Penh, Philips and O'Shea observed that there was practically no cultivated land. "I've been flying light aircraft for a long time," Philips said, "and I've never seen a countryside more devoid of people." There were few signs of life...
Seven hundred and fifty National Guardsmen, 200 highway patrolmen, 175 city policemen, tanks, and two helicopters guarded the funeral procession. The governor declared a state of emergency and issued an unlimited search warrant allowing officers to search at random and arrest anyone carrying a weapon.
God willing, reports of the deposed shah's affliction with cancer are true.'' So said Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, with his customary generosity to a fallen foe. The reports were indeed correct. Last week Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 60, flew from his lavish, well-guarded home...
Possibly the uninspiring discussions on the merger put Marquand and his colleagues to sleep. Only one thing do Faculty members clearly recall about the debates--they were dull. Chase N. Peterson, then Harvard's director of the admissions and financial aid and now vice-president at the University of Utah...