Bush also touted his efforts to improve living and work condition for today's Guard.

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The prison guard is in critical, but stable condition.

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Among the highlights for Stefanie Gray, a 24-year-old of Sheepshead Bay, was the Times Square bathroom, spotless with a private security guard (which she assumes must be privately sponsored, given its condition).

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Besides the two Carnival vessels that have come to transfer supplies -- and, in one case, take on a passenger with a pre-existing medical condition, said Gulliksen -- the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigorous is on-site to aid the stranded ship.

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