Word: commands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meanwhile, another Secret Service agent shouted: "Let's go!" The command was a signal to tell other agents in the area that Ford was in danger. Swiftly, a cordon of men formed around the shaken President. Two agents pulled down on his suit jacket, forcing the tall (6 ft. 2 in.) Ford to bend so that he was partially concealed by the group. Then, moving at a brisk walk, the party swept through the park past the startled spectators and into the safety of the capitol...
After Manson's arrest in 1969, Squeaky took command of the clan and its hand-to-mouth living arrangements. With a handful of other followers, mostly women, she perched on the steps of the Los Angeles courthouse during the trial, shaved her head to protest his conviction and gouged an X into her forehead as a sign of loyalty. She later explained: "We have Xed ourselves out of this world." Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote in his book Helter Skelter that the mutilations became a ritual for new members, "complete to tasting the blood as it ran down their faces...
...proposal, an Emergency Financial Control Board will be set up to supervise the city finances and try to make outgo match income. The board will consist of Carey, Mayor Abraham Beame, the state and city controllers, and a fifth member appointed by the Governor. Obviously, Carey will take command. The board will stay in existence until the city's accumulated deficit is wiped out, a date that nobody can predict...
...only old television shows but a number of antique radio serials, such as The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet, also command fervent fad followings. In the new discotheques springing up round the country, hit tunes from the '40s and '50s are the dominant sound, and there's a whole new Tarzan vogue (see following story...
...that an earthquake struck an industrialized area in Liaoning province. According to the Chinese publication Earthquake Frontiers, at 6 p.m. that day an announcement was made over the public-address system in the Kuan-t'un commune: "According to a prediction by the superior command, a strong earthquake will probably occur tonight. We insist that all people leave their homes and all animals leave their stables." As an added incentive for people to go outside, the commune leaders also announced that movies would be shown in an outdoor location...