Word: placard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third floor, under Hubbard's picture, hangs a placard reading, "You can always write to Ron." The placard states...
...THOSE bona fide type crazies was preaching on the street corner the other day. Four feet tall with a placard. "Listen," he said, "and know that man's powers of dispossession are far greater than his powers of possession." Terrific. "There are a lot of luxury cars out there, but even the wealthiest people can own but a few." This is true. "On the other hand," he said with absolute glee, "It's entirely possible not to own hundreds of thousands of Mercedes...
...accused the U.S. of adopting a "one-sided attitude," and his press secretary, Dan Pattir, protested that Washington was using "direct, brutal pressure" on Israel. Warned Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan: "If peace negotiations aren't renewed soon ... we will have to start everything from the beginning." In Jerusalem, placard-carrying Israelis staged anti-American demonstrations...
...protesters carried thousands of banners and placards, many written in English. One placard read, "Yankees go home!" Some demonstrators stopped reporters and demanded they "tell Jimmy Carter we want democracy and not a royal tyrant...
...substitute teachers. They were able to conduct most classes in the elementary schools, but could maintain only a skeletal program in the high schools. The outsiders also increased the rancor. Striking teachers showed up every morning to taunt the scabs, and taxpayers came to taunt the strikers. STARVE, one placard advised the teachers, and another jeered: GOODBYE TO YOUR LIFE SAVINGS...