Word: signed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nixon could still refuse to comply with the commission's subpoenas on grounds of Executive privilege. But he used that argument twice as President in his court fights over evidence-and lost both times. Ford, however, has shown no sign of being in the mood to create such a commission...
...Chonan, all members of the "Anti-Japanese Anti-Communist Suicide Corps," knelt before the gates of the Japanese embassy. As hundreds of demonstrators watched in horrified fascination, the men one by one raised carving knives and hacked off the little fingers of their left hands as a grisly sign of their anger against Japan. Wrapped in a blood-soaked flag, the severed pinkies were intended for the Japanese ambassador for transmission to Premier Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo. Before delivery could be made, however, police rounded up the bloodied men and shipped them off to a hospital...
...launch day, screaming crowds surged against the chain-link fence that sealed off the press and VIP stands. Outside the fence a biker raised a homemade sign: SHOW YOUR TITS. Several girls obediently shed their shirts and climbed aboard their boy friends' shoulders. A group of bikers hoisted a naked woman aloft and tossed her over a fence into the press compound. One girl stripped and, encouraged by the crowd, performed fellatio on her boy friend while he shouted: "For you, Evel! For you, man!" Others chanted a constant refrain: "The tribes have gathered!" When the crowd shouted obscenities...
...about maintaining an open Administration. "Either the intention to be open with the press wasn't really there, or it quickly became subordinate to other issues," says Charles W. Bailey, editor of the Minneapolis Tribune. In an editorial last week, the Chicago Daily News discerned "the cold, clear sign of a throwback to the Nixon White House era of manipulating the press secretary and the press while the inner circle of cronies decided what degree of candor was affordable...
...show up at Cardullo's Gourmet Shop at an off-hour, a sign in the door will advise you to try out the Wursthaus instead, which is a dumpling's-throw away. What this means is a racket on European foods for Frank Cardullo who just happens to own both places, but the Wursthaus...