Word: bullhorns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After the guerrillas quietly moved out of town, Duarte emerged from the church, took a microphone and, while one of the Salvadoran Boy Scouts-the main peacekeeping force in town-held up a bullhorn, praised the "admirable attitude of both sides." Each, Duarte told the crowd, was aware of the "misery, pain, injustice and lack of liberty of the Salvadoran people ... We aren't offering miracles. But Salvadoran people together can gain the miracle of their liberation and peace for all." Said Duarte: "These have been among the most transcendental hours in Salvadoran history...
...With the Minsk dead in the water, her engines stopped, the Holt hoisted flags signaling that it was passing the Minsk on the starboard side. The Minsk hoisted flags warning the Holt to stay away. The U.S. ship proceeded anyway. As the frigate drew near, the Soviets used a bullhorn to warn the Americans to keep their distance. The Holt then turned around and again hoisted flags saying it would pass. The Minsk merely acknowledged the message, waited until the Holt was passing by at 300 yds., then fired four warning signal flares over the American vessel and four directly...
...noon--The demonstration, now growing, moves to the steps of University Hall. One speaker shouts into a bullhorn, "It is time for us to tell the Corporation by action what we've been telling them all fall...
...workshops would help administrators understand student views on racial issues, he said, adding. "A lot of times they only get it through a bullhorn...
...With a bullhorn as his paintbrush and the crystal-blue waters of Miami's Biscayne Bay his canvas, Christo, 47, was in Conceptual Artist Nirvana last week as he darted about by speedboat, yelling instructions to 400 helpers who had signed on for his latest production. His plan was to envelop eleven garbage-strewn islands between Miami and Miami Beach with some 6 million sq. ft. of pink polypropylene. Christo's $3.2 million "irresponsible, irrational, poetic gesture," as he calls it, is being financed largely by the sale of sketches, drawings and models of the work. As with...