Word: emblemmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deadline, the two-man garrison set fire to Fort St. John and the residency and departed, suitcases in hand, as Dahomeyan firemen raced to the scene. After the fire was put out, the Portuguese flag was ceremoniously lowered, and the green, yellow and red Dahomeyan emblem was raised over the charred walls...
...stocks. Each of the original 13 Colonies had laws limiting Sunday activities in one way or another. Even today, every state except Alaska has its "blue laws"-so called because New England Puritans, who started it all, adopted the color blue in opposition to the red emblem of British royalty...
...troupe converted the top floor of the armory into a barracks-style men's dormitory. They turned the second floor into offices, kitchen, dining hall and living room, and the main floor into women's sleeping quarters. Over the doors in the living room they hung their emblem: a life preserver with the words "S.S. Hang Tough," slang for "don't give...
...African colony, with the argument that any ally of Belgium must be an enemy of the black man. In Ghana, crowds organized by Kwame Nkrumah's party officials pranced through the streets of Accra with placards reading UNITED STATES MURDERS LUMUMBA, besieged the U.S. embassy, ripped the emblem from over the door and smashed an outdoor light with rifle shots. Even in Western-oriented Nigeria, the U.S. embassy was attacked and its windows smashed by thousands of shrieking Nigerians...
HIGH-RISK DRIVERS, who are over 65 years, under 25 or have bad records, will be insured by a new company, National Emblem Insurance. It was set up by Allstate Insurance to keep from raising policy prices to better risks. In National Emblem a 22-year-old male pays $296 a year, v. Allstate...