Word: placardized
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...entered a pro-life sandwich shop and found herself "verbally abused" by 20 patrons once she revealed her views. Others have been drawn closer together. "This is about the only thing my mother-in-law and I agree on," says Patricia Beltz, 36, as she waves a pro-choice placard in front of one of the clinics...
...common sight in Los Angeles these days: a nimble motorist hopping out of a parked car that bears a DISABLED PERSON placard on the dashboard. The explanation: a proliferation of illegally obtained placards. To get state- issued cards that let motorists park in reserved spaces, drivers have bought them at flea markets for as much as $400 or taken over placards from deceased relatives who came by them honestly. The legitimately handicapped pay $6. Cops abandoned one solution: ticketing all parked cars that displayed the placards. The city is pondering other approaches, including improving the data base so that field...
...holder of the "masculine American man" placard, he is a prominent member of Students Against War in the Middle East (SAWME), and it was clear to those present at the rally that he was not there to express support for SUDS and SUDS' views...
While the placard holder was completely within his rights to be present and to hold the obviously sarcastic sign, Bernard was not in any way justified in implying that that person was there in support of Operation Desert Storm. We believe that Bernard, in including the text of that placard out of context, was attempting to portray the members of our bipartisan organization in an entirely false light--as bloodthirsty, right-wing sadists...
...drivers to operate legally, they must first incur the large expense of buying a cab and its accompanying medallion, which generally goes for between $60,000 and $70,000. The medallion is the registration placard from the city which licenses the vehicle for operation as a taxi...