Word: attendant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...began with strawberry tarts, fresh orange juice and a Dixieland band. Fine priming for the nearly 1,200 people, most of whom had paid $250 (applicable to any later purchase) to attend a three-day auction billed as "the greatest collection of architectural antiques ever offered for sale by anyone-anywhere-at any time." Assembled under six tents and a former Two Guys store in a remote corner of Los Angeles were, roughly counting, 4,000 windows, doors, ceilings, entryways and greenhouses of stained, beveled and etched glass, 200 paneled rooms, bars, pubs and shop interiors, and more than...
...discrimination against the Chinese of Viet Nam. In northern parts of the country, they have been dismissed from government jobs, forbidden to conduct private businesses, told that they can no longer associate with their Vietnamese countrymen. Their schools have been closed, but their children have not been allowed to attend classes with Vietnamese. In the event of another border clash with the People's Republic, the Chinese have been told, they face "liquidation" or imprisonment. In what was formerly South Viet Nam, there are regular announcements by radio and wall poster of how the Chinese can apply to emigrate...
...intact and his lapdog National Liberal Party was given the pivotal role in a new regime. Nicaraguan politicians speculated that he would announce his abdication at an emergency session of the National Assembly that he called late last week. But because so many of the 100 legislators failed to attend, Somoza could not put together a quorum, and the session was postponed...
Question: You are a miner. The Government has ordered you to attend a safety clinic, but has not paid your $500 in travel expenses. You are asked to take a multiple-choice quiz designed to relax the group. But it turns out that questions are based on off-color jokes. Given these facts...
This summer marks the fourth year the school has recruited secondary school students, a move taken to offset a decline in enrollment dating back to the early '70s. Michael Shinagel, director of the Summer School, said he expects over 550 secondary school students to attend the school this summer. By far the largest groups of students come from New York, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, but the group includes eight students from Iran, as well as students from Japan, Nicaragua, Greece, Italy, Korea, China, Taiwan, France, Venezuela, Canada and other countries...