Word: signal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...farewell speech after he lost the election for Governor of California, he declared that "this is the last time you will be able to kick Lyndon Johnson around." For all his seeming relaxation, however, the President's attention was focused on any signs from Hanoi that might signal a desire for peace. In what could have been a significant move, word came that North Viet Nam's Ambassador to Peking, Ngo Minh Loan, had hurried back to Hanoi at about the same time that Johnson had left his ranch...
...signs of reduced military activity in the South. The North Vietnamese pullback could merely reflect the impact of recent allied military successes, but the fact remains that Hanoi has never before withdrawn troops on so large a scale. Why not, ask some officials, interpret this move as a signal that Hanoi is attempting to offer reciprocity for a bombing pause? If this is not a signal, they ask further, what...
Princeton smashed the Lions, 44-16, but not before the senior signal caller had set four League records, including most attempts (53), most completions (28), most passing yardage (373), and most offense...
Cantankerous Birds. Like the ancient Romans who staked out Rome's Capitoline Hill with geese that would signal the approach of the invading Gauls, the Americans have recruited geese for early-warning duty on Saigon's bridges, which are choice targets for Communist demolition teams. The idea is that the cantankerous birds will start to honk madly as soon as someone approaches within 25 feet of their cages. To distinguish them from civilian geese-and to keep them from winding up in Vietnamese cooking pots-the birds have had their feathers dyed purple. Originally, the birds were issued...
...feet to frighten away evil spirits, tossing handfuls of salt to sanctify the dirt ring, holding out their arms to show that they had no concealed weapons. After that, they simply stared at each other for several minutes. Only then, with a wave of his fan, did the referee signal for the fight to begin...