Word: papering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though the reception was cordial in most places, the First Lady was deluged with hostile confetti at a social service center in Portland, Ore. Each scrap of paper was imprinted: "If this was napalm, you would be dead." This greeting, planned by a protest group that has offices in the same building, was accompanied by banners and placards taunting her about Viet Nam and hunger. As Pat gamely launched into her speech, seven barefoot girls in black burst into the hall and chanted an antiwar hex on her in crude doggerel...
Most of all, the Soviets had hoped to revive miraculously their former role as the leaders of world Communism. Instead, they were forced to publicly renounce any claim to hegemony. "All parties have equal rights," declared the final paper, adding: "There is no longer a center of the Communist movement...
...began to enjoy soccer: in his final year, he captained Cheam's team and led it to a record of sorts?four goals for Cheam, 82 for the opponents. The school paper summed up that unhappy season by noting: "At half, Prince Charles seldom drove himself as hard as his ability and position demanded." There were critics of his rugby style as well. In one pileup, a voice from the heap underneath Charles was heard imploring: "Oh, get off me, Fatty!" Academically, he was an average student, and in 1962 it was time to follow Prince Philip's path once...
...bank check, that most businesslike slip of paper, has suddenly become something of a piece of art. In many parts of the U.S., checks are blossoming with multicolored pictures of snowcapped mountains, cactus-studded deserts, or even doves of peace...
...return for his surrender, T.U.C. leaders promised to dampen wildcat strikes by ordering their unions to send workers back to the factories-if and when the leaders see such action justified. If the unions refuse, the T.U.C. would expel them. Irate Tory critics called the promise "a scrap of paper." Last year about 1,900 wildcat strikes stymied efforts to resuscitate Britain's economy. The penchant for sudden strikes stems largely from the fact that British labor contracts are not legally enforceable. Until they are, there will be little chance to change the landscape of labor anarchy in Britain...