Word: affixes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dreams he was selling if they were to be truly successful. Finally, Disney settled into comfortable maturity, ever maintaining his right wing politics, so much so that when Lyndon Johnson decorated the Great American, he wore a Goldwater button on his lapel where the President was supposed to affix an award...
Home-security firms usually affix seals on the windows or doors of their clients' homes to warn would-be prowlers. Householders unable to afford central-station service can buy security seals. "Scare off a burglar" urges an ad for stickers for a nonexistent Federal Detection Alarm System. Price: 40 for $5. More sophisticated hucksters covertly peddle reasonable facsimiles of the decals of reputable firms, including Holmes Electric Protective Co. The fakes cost $100 or more...
Once again, Soviet negotiators have demonstrated their skill at what might be called the "Who, me?" diplomatic gambit. Two months ago, Russia's leaders promised Chancellor Willy Brandt that if he would affix his signature to a renunciation-of-force agreement with the Soviet Union, they would do something about easing the status of isolated West Berlin, 110 miles inside hostile East Germany. Brandt signed the Treaty of Moscow, and as the Big Four talks on Berlin resumed last week in the divided city, everyone waited to see what the Soviets would...
Such things must not be. If Merilee gets lost, that's OK. She has survival capabilities, tribal knowledge. But poor Sam. She wonders how she could affix at least a Boy Scout handbook to him. Especially difficult since in the wilds he is always shucking off his clothes. Maybe we could tattoo the vital information to his white body...