Word: float
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Some units will make a concerted military assault on the city's police and militia posts. At the same time, other troops will "hang peace flags and lanterns, fly flower-decked balloons and hold unicorn dances [traditional Vietnamese dance at a time of joy], entertainment shows and peace-float processions to create an enthusiastic atmosphere and rally a large number of people. In the event the enemy represses the demonstrators," the directive adds, "we will carry the corpses of the demonstrators to city hall...
...champagne. Mintoff drank heartily but British Defense Minister Lord Carrington refused to touch his glass. Relations were serene, however, until Mintoff's latest attempt to renegotiate the contract unilaterally. Last year's agreement, he complained, had been made before the British government allowed the pound sterling to float. Since this resulted in de facto devaluation, Mintoff said, he was actually losing much of what he had been granted last year. If he did not receive more, the British might have to leave...
Oxford finished third followed by Cambridge. Yale and the Egyptian B crew. A jubilant crowd greeted the elated Egyptian A crew at the float and cheered their performance which bettered by 20 seconds the last-place finish of the boat a year...
...motorized misfortunes, ranging from an elementary flat tire to an epic collision. Oddly, most of the movie is so slow that it seems to have been enacted under water. Watching Hulot (Tati) trying to make his way through mazes of automobiles is a little like watching a wayward eel float through a fleet of submarines...
...earnings increased by 20% over the same period last year, to $642 million. Since last May, AT&T's stock has risen ten points, and last week alone it added 2% points, closing at 53½. Anticipating a further rise in market value, AT&T managers plan to float a new stock issue soon...