Word: signed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fascinated by Cartoonist Conrad's portrayal of Father Ford bestowing a penitential blessing on a kneeling and presumably shriven New York City [Dec. 22]. I wonder if Conrad knows that he has the President of the United States giving the Boy Scout sign and not the ancient Christian gesture (index and middle fingers only) of God's peace. Intentional or unintentional, the bonus of that extra finger for New York serves to heighten the humor...
There are many who think that Jerry Ford prefers campaigning to the routine of the presidency and that he will be hard-pressed to keep his New Year's resolution to spend more tune at his desk in Washington. One not so reassuring sign: this week he will fly to St. Louis for yet another round of speechmaking...
After the RSVP on a dinner invitation, GASPers warn putative guests: NSP -meaning, in Jacobeanese, "no stinking puffumigation." Even cab drivers lecture passengers. Says a sign in a Manhattan taxi: YOUR RIGHT TO SMOKE ENDS WHERE MY NOSE BEGINS...
...Simpson, Franco Harris and Larry Csonka, attracted by the glamour of Hollywood, will all play for the Los Angeles Rams. Joe Greene and his colleagues along the Pittsburgh Steelers'defensive line, plus the front four of the Minnesota Vikings, will follow the sun to Miami to sign with the Dolphins. Dozens of other stars will auction off their services every year to the highest bidder, and some cold-weather cities such as Green Bay and Buffalo won't be able to buy enough players to field a team...
...nearly a week, mounds of garbage piled up in Rome, disfiguring historic piazzas and reeking in the narrow streets. A wildcat strike of street cleaners and truck drivers called by right-wing unions showed no sign of letting up. Meanwhile, urgent administration pleas to send the strikers back to work had-as usual-no effect...