Word: signalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Seth Low made the official greeting for the City of Brooklyn, the Marines presented arms, a signal flag was dropped nearby and instantly there was a crash of a gun from the Tennessee. Then the whole fleet commenced firing. Steam whistles on every tug, steamboat, ferry, every factory along the river, began to scream. More cannon boomed. Bells rang, people were cheering wildly on every side. The band played "Hail to the Chief" maybe six or seven more times and, at the sight of Arthur 'the great multitude in the station arose and gave vent to the wildest enthusiasm...
Stoeckel injured his ankle on the last play of the third period as he attempted to score on a bootleg play around right end on fourth down. The junior signal caller was malted for a three yard loss on the play. Stoeckel immediately left the contest, and his ankle "really pulled up" according to Crimson coach Joe Restic Stoeckel is not expected to be available for action this week against Princeton...
...resume full-scale bombing of North Viet Nam and mine its harbors was also "very, very important." It is hard to measure how badly Hanoi has been hurt by these measures. But it seems undeniable that the failure of Moscow and Peking to challenge Nixon's moves was a signal that Hanoi could not ignore...
...lack of full power over the matter, and may be willing to loosen up on some restrictions in order to ensure clearance of the final hurdle blocking their much-desired access to American technology. Indeed, on the day of the signing, for no apparent purpose other than to signal such a willingness, Moscow authorities granted special exit without any education tax to 59 Jewish families who normally would have had to ante up several hundred thousand dollars in tuition repayments to gain it. Secretary of State William Rogers said merely that the U.S. will continue to use "quiet diplomacy...
...motion, DeMars bucked through the guard hole for a seven-yard gain. "So that's the Restic multiple offense," Trevor thought. "Whew" There was awe in his sigh. The diehard football enthusiasts were sitting up close to the action, so as not to miss a play, or even a signal. Trevor could pick them out by the crimson nylon jackets and the six packs of beer. He could hear them screaming lusty cheers: "Fuck em up. Fuck um up, Beat their ass!" He didn't remember football being quite like this back in Maine...