Word: emblems
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...medal was too much. Rio's O Globo complained that "hung on the chest of a false Cuban and authentic Communist, the emblem of Christ's Cross has been completely devalued." Sharper still was the blast from sulphur-tongued Carlos Lacerda, governor of Guanabara state (which includes Rio de Janeiro), whose original election-campaign support for Quadros has since changed to dismay at Quadros' flirtation with Communists ("future hangmen of their fathers, spies of their brothers...
...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...