Word: signed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stores and eaten at a fast-food restaurant. Said Institute Director Robert Fox: "They didn't seem terribly wild about the food." The scholars saw a bit of TV. Said Chemical Engineer Hsü Hsien, after seeing his first U.S. commercials: "I enjoy watching them. It is a sign of American culture, isn't it?" The visitors were also introduced to the mysteries of Western pantyhose by Newsweek Correspondent Mary Lord, who, with a thigh, explained her coverage...
...world," noting that "there's a hell of a lot more Arabians than there is Jews." He added his view that "the Jewish media tears up the Arab countries full-time." The outcry was instant and loud. G.O.P. Chairman Bill Brock called Billy's remarks a sign of "disgusting antiSemitism" and added that "to some extent each of us is his brother's keeper." The chagrin in the White House ran deep. Libya is a repressive nation and sponsor of terrorism from the Japanese Red Army to Palestinian guerrillas. Our other troubles in the Middle East...
Housing for other oil workers is a miserable patchwork, almost as if patterned on the primitive mud huts of the Iranian countryside. Open sewers flank the area, while dogs nose their way through mounds of exposed garbage. The smell of filth permeates the air. The only sign of 20th century amenities is a spate of television aerials atop most of the homes. "They tried to buy us with television," says one of the local strike leaders, who would identify himself only with the nom de guerre Hossein. "My father used to tell us about this land with tears...
...sign of the novel's success is the fact that Birdy's desire never for an instant seems risible or even, after a while, particularly bizarre. Thoughts from the hero ("What I need is a tail") that could easily be howlers pass by with the equilibrium of logic and consistency. Method triumphs over madness. In alternating sections, Al reminisces aloud, as much to pass the time as to get through to his apparently oblivious friend, and then Birdy in turn thinks about his past. These two sets of memories are vectors to the present. The personalities...
Silicone wrinkle shots will come in style, eyelifts will go out. Telly Savalas will marry a starlet. John Travolta is heading for a surprise wedding. Dinah Shore will marry. Israel and Egypt will sign a peace treaty...