And while he was ever alert for game, and most particularly a tiger, Penny marvelled at the Eden they were traversing.

As it was the custom of that alert colony to take over the property of persons asking for protection, this was an act roughly equivalent to throwing open the door to a pack of wolves and saying `` Come and get it ''.

Washington evidently was anxious for Morgan to be cautious as well as aggressive, for on May 17th, 18th and 20th he admonished the leader of the riflemen-rangers to be on the alert.

Mr. McKinley, for all his sprawling and his easy familiarity, was completely alert to his son, eyes always on the still face, jumping to anticipate Scotty's desires.

It could never happen as long as God was alert and the Drew steeple stood guard with its peaked lance.

The last thing in the world that resembled a war was our line of farmers and storekeepers and mechanics perched on top of a stone wall, and this dashing rider made us feel a good deal sharper and more alert to the situation.

A steering committee of students was organized on the first day whose duty it was to be alert and constantly evaluate and re-evaluate the direction and pace the class was taking.

At the time the will was drawn Mr. Hohlbein mentioned to me how mentally alert she seemed for her age, knowing just what changes she wanted made and so forth ''.

In time, and two drinks later, he was complaining bitterly about his wife, He was on the subject for ten minutes or so when he noticed the renewed interest in his listener -- it showed in the alert face and the suddenly bright eyes.

An alert 10-year-old safety patrol boy was congratulated by police today for his part in obtaining a reckless driving conviction against a youthful motorist.

The camp was a cluster of aluminum bubbles, ringed with a spy web to alert the Earthmen to the approach of any being.

" Most ancient writers considered him a highly successful leader in guerrilla warfare, alert and quick, yet cautious — a man, moreover, whose personal bravery was rarely questioned in his own time.

There was an ever-present danger that some ill-considered military or other action by the Allies might alert the enemy to the possibility that their codes were being broken.

Historically, when Capoeira was still prohibited this toque was used to alert capoeiristas that the police was coming, so they could escape before the practice being discovered.

Seconds after Cantor's building was struck by the plane, a Goldman Sachs server issued an alert saying that its trading system had gone offline because it wasn't able to connect with a Cantor server.

As part of the blockade, the US military was put on high alert to enforce the blockade and to be ready to invade Cuba at a moment's notice.

While Beaux stuck to her portraits of the elite, American art was advancing into urban and social subject matter, led by artists such as Robert Henri who espoused a totally different aesthetic, " Work with great speed .. Have your energies alert, up and active.

Until police determined this was an isolated incident unrelated to the presence of the national guard, military bases statewide were put on high alert and government buildings were briefly placed under lock-down conditions.

He bellowed orders and watched the alert response of some of his men and watched, too, the way a dozen or more turned their heads questioningly toward the shackled figure as though for further instruction.

When the fear or aggression response is initiated, the amygdala may trigger the release of hormones into the body to put the human body into an " alert " state, in which they are ready to move, run, fight, etc.

This defensive " alert " state and response is generally referred to in psychology as the fight-or-flight response.

These organizations alert and decide on the most suitable response for the location and situation.

The alert reader will note that the integral above tacitly assumes that the impulse response is NOT a function of the position ( x ', y ') of the impulse of light in the input plane ( if this were not the case, this type of convolution would not be possible ).

A Cylinder Head Temperature Gauge has a much shorter response time than the oil temperature gauge, so it can alert the pilot to a developing cooling issue more quickly.

In response, the Spanish Ministry of Health issued an alert asking for caution in consuming Herbalife products.

The garrison provides airfield support, security, and protection to include emergency medical and fire response, aircraft security and transient alert support.

Air bases in the United States went on mobility alert to prepare for overseas movement in response to the Korean Emergency.

In response, the Omaha Public Power District declared an alert ( second level on a 4 level taxonomy ).

* November 2: Exercise Able Archer 83 — Soviet anti-aircraft misinterpret a test of NATO's nuclear warfare procedures as a fake cover for an actual NATO attack ; in response, Soviet nuclear forces are put on high alert.

* Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin announced that France had increased its level of terror alert to red, the second-highest level, in response to the events in London.

During the primary survey a basic neurological assessment is made, known by the mnenomic AVPU ( alert, verbal stimuli response, painful stimuli response, or unresponsive ).

In response to the Fenian occupation of the township of Fort Erie, Ontario on the night of June 1, 1866, militia units throughout the Niagara Peninsula had been mobilized or put on alert.

The system identifies three levels of crisis: alarm, alert and emergency, each of which is linked to a pre-planned response to mitigate the crisis and try to prevent a worsening of the situation.

Authorities in El Salvador declared a national state of alert in response to the potential threat from the hurricane.

Reaction time is to be radically shortened so that part of the standing alert force can be deployed within hours to a crisis zone ( for example, one adjacent to the border with Slovenia ).

There was a brief alert in October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when all six Squadrons it then possessed were put on high alert, but nothing came of the crisis.

In a The New York Times article ( correction printed January 3, 2002 ) " No president has ever used the current system or its technical predecessors in the last 50 years, despite the Soviet missile crisis, a presidential assassination, the Oklahoma City bombing, major earthquakes and three recent high-alert terrorist warnings ... Michael K. Powell, the then chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees the Emergency Alert System, pointed to ' the ubiquitous media environment ,' arguing that the system was, in effect, scooped by CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel and other channels ... activates the alert system nationally at the behest of the White House on 34 50, 000-watt stations that reach 98 percent of Americans ...

September 25 witnessed the final engagement of the crisis: a Mohawk warrior walked around the perimeter of the blockade area with a long stick, setting off flares that had been originally installed by the Canadian Forces to alert them to individuals fleeing the area.

Colby participated in the National Security Council meetings that responded to apparent Soviet intentions to intervene in the War by raising the alert level of U. S. forces to DEFCON 3 and defusing the crisis.

Another observation is that crisis situations can reach a point whereby formerly stabilizing actions such as keeping military units at bases, and low alert levels can be seen as a sign of weakness, which may provoke an enemy to attack during the perceived time of advantage.

The crisis passed and the SAC bombers went off alert status and returned to normal rotational deployments.

The Canadian military, fulfilling their role in national defense, largely moved to an alert footing on their own accord during the crisis however.

They were also on alert for the feared millennial or Y2K crisis which failed to materialize.

A breaking news alert on the fifth day of the Middle East crisis reveals that a short battle between American warplanes and unidentified enemy warplanes, presumed to be from Iran or Kuwait, took place, in which one American reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf before two of the five attacking planes were shot down.