Word: guardedness
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Protected by her insularity and guarded by a second-to-none Navy, Britain has long resisted conscription even in wartime. There were no drafts during the Napoleonic campaigns, the Crimean War or the Boer War. Only in 1916, nearly two years after the World War began, was the first British...
Not all of this is velvet, of course. The Major has a big and well-paid staff of 65, pays salaries of $50 to $100 a week to unit performers (now numbering about 100), foots the bill for musicians, producers, coaches, unit booking, management and traveling expenses. To each of...
He appeared briefly on the Boston scene Tuesday to autograph copies of his latest book, "Wickford Point," which features a Harvard Housemaster turned novelist. Seated behind an imposing pile of his latest works, Marquand was guarded from a rush of autograph-seekers which failed to materialize, by an efficient lady...
The largest camps are situated on a treeless sandy beach just north of the Spanish border near Argeles-sur-Mer and St. Cyprien. They are enclosed by barbed wire, guarded every 20 feet by a Senegalese soldier. Inside the wire the camps are like some fantastically huge hobo jungle. Only...
The Führer's Eagle's Nest can be approached only by the heavily guarded road and tunnel. Not even all the Nazi ministers have been invited to this retreat. For M. François-Poncet, one of the few