Word: signal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...does the gunfire at Ambelikou signal new danger in an old confrontation? (See THE WORLD...
...joined another Huskie and an escort of American fighters that had picked up yet another urgent distress call-from a U.S. captain whose Thunderchief jet was shot down over the tangled jungle near Quangkhe. Sighting a signal fire that the captain had resourcefully lighted on the bank of a stream, one Huskie descended to 100 ft., hauled the captain into the chopper with a steel cable and winch. As he scrambled gratefully aboard, the rescued pilot cried to the crew, "I love you, I love...
...generally about as spontaneous as TV commercials. Even when they are directed against the U.S. embassy, they usually lack panache. The crowd gathers at the appointed time and place, marches in orderly columns along Tchaikovsky Avenue, waves its banners, shouts its slogans, hurls a few rocks, and then, on signal from the police, disbands and goes quietly home...
Mounted police moved in to signal that the demonstration was over. They were astride dapple-grey horses, the same stalwart breed that the Cossacks had used to run down street mobs with nagaika and saber in czarist days. 'Suddenly the scene dissolved into chaos, and photos taken by Western journalists provided a dramatic record of the astounding proceedings. This was. after all, the first time since June 1918 that a Moscow riot had to be put down by force. The cops let fly with whip and truncheon. Screaming "Fascists!" at the militia, the mob fought back with rocks, bricks...
Champagne & Beer. "Fine, fine," murmured Shelby as Gurney's Lotus-Ford blasted round and round the 3.81mile track, trailed by the lone remaining team Ferrari and a phalanx of Fords. He flashed a signal to the GTs and Cobras: EZ-slow down. On the 137th lap, the last Ferrari's clutch failed. Job done, Gurney's Lotus also pulled into the pits, with a sick engine...