Word: affixation
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...enthusiastic receptions accorded their latest works have begun to assume all the earmarks of a modern-day Emperor's New Clothes parable. The New York film critie cliques seem all too ready to applaud the arrival of a new "school" of film. And once the Sarrises and Gilliatts affix their all-important seal of approval, off go the chic-conscious lemmings ready and willing to plunge into a two-hour morass of clipped dialogue and plots that never really unfold but merely plod...
...evidence against the company.) Pittston said nothing, except that the disaster was an "act of God," although a Pittston lawyer told Ben Franklin of The New York Times that "in the long term, the responsibility rests with Pittston." But the people of Buffalo Creek, the survivors, knew where to affix the blame--it was God all right, they said: the Almighty Dollar...
...treaty was initialed by U.S. Ambassador Walter Stoessel Jr. in Moscow earlier last week, and to underscore its significance, Ford and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev were to affix their signatures in live TV ceremonies in the White House and the Kremlin. Administration officials offered no formal explanation for the change in plans, but one was hardly needed: the President clearly was reluctant to antagonize even further the Republican right, already irked by the Ford-Kissinger policy of detente...
...proposal and the first three regulations that manufacturers or retailers must abide by if they offer full warranties for products costing $15 or more. The proposal that is still subject to change is aimed at the used-car business. Among other things, the FTC would require dealers to affix a sticker on each car that they sell. The sticker would have to reveal the car's prior use, private or commercial, and a description of any major work that the dealer had done...
...daily on international developments, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's efforts to work out a peace accord between Israel and Egypt (see THE WORLD). He called together his top aides for a conference on oil prices, and met with White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld to affix the presidential signature to routine bills and appointments. But for the most part. Ford kept himself a chip shot away from the world's problems...