Word: elevents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...phenomenon, there were lingering, legitimate fears in Washington that anti-U.S. riots could occur again, as long as the confrontation with Iran remained at flashpoint. Accordingly, the State Department last week called for the departure of all nonessential personnel and dependents among the 1,200 Americans based in elev en Muslim countries and officially discouraged Americans from traveling to them. A similar order had been issued earlier for Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan...
There was a sign near the highway, "Santa Claus, [elev.] 9 feet, pop. 108," and a post office substation where extra workers were hired to handle up to 10,000 pieces of mail that passed through each day during the Christmas season. Auger's wife took out the last of their savings and bought him a mod sleigh-a small plane with Santa Claus faces painted on its sides-and Auger flew into Santa Monica and Los Angeles with a sack over his shoulder. Local civic clubs would arrange for scores of kids to greet him: "The kids would...