Word: signed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whole myth began to materialize. There were my sister and her husband, both deeply tanned, waiting in their MG. I climbed into the back, and we sped through South San Francisco into the city. Fortunately, it was dark, so I didn't see the heavy industry or the huge sign painted on rocks and set into a dull green hill, saying, "Welcome to South San Francisco...
...Kissinger arrives in Washington, Israeli and Syrian representatives sign the accords in Geneva...
...students who arrived on the sprawling campus on the northwestern outskirts of Peking last fall were an enthusiastic if diverse group. They talked eagerly of getting to know the Chinese and of "experiencing the revolution firsthand." Some even donned the standard Chinese work blues as a sign of unity with their hosts. There was good reason for their excitement. They were the first foreigners to be admitted to the Peking Language Institute since it was closed because of the Cultural Revolution...
...European rock superstar. Her impassioned, straight-from-the-gut delivery-equally effective in bluesy ballads or skull-crushing rockers-has twice earned her election as Britain's top female singer. Her earthy vitality and ability to light up a stage convinced Atlantic and Polydor talent scouts to sign her up in 1973 for $750,000 worth of recording contracts. "I've never had a hit record in my life," admits Maggie. "But I'm a working-class girl, I don't spare the effort, and I know I have the ability to make people enjoy themselves...
...merely a sign of goodwill and a gesture of friendship on the Germans' part. They [the Krupp Foundation] gave the money to Harvard because they felt that here is where they could get the highest return; where the most would be made of it," Goldman said...