Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the enduring web of relationships, however, there has never been a formal treaty of any kind between the two nations. Abdul Aziz once railed at Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who had gone to Riyadh to get the King to sign some kind of agreement: "Why do you always want us to sign something with a lot of fine print? Out here, we consider it enough to shake hands and be friends...
...found a preparation named Acne-Statin a "real help" in keeping their skins clear. The FTC has filed a complaint against the manufacturer, Karr Preventative Medical Products, Inc., of Beverly Hills, contending that the product does not really keep skin free of blemishes. Last week it got Boone to sign a consent order in which he promised not only to stop appearing in the ads but to pay about 2.5% of any money that the FTC or the courts might eventually order Karr to refund to consumers. Boone said through a lawyer that his daughters actually did use Acne-Statin...
...Otto Eckstein, chief of Data Resources Inc., the surest sign of strength is "the employment explosion." Surprisingly, employment is growing much faster than production; new jobs are opening up at a rate of 4 million a year. Productivity has declined sharply, so perhaps more people are needed to do the work. But Eckstein points to one big reason for the jump in jobs: "Businessmen see a lot of demand out there, and they hired many people because they know that business will be good this year...
...reduce that deficit? Cracked Eckstein: "We might do it if we could find a way to close the port of Yokohama for a few months." More to the point, Yale Professor Robert Triffin sees little chance of narrowing the trade gap until "the Administration and Congress make some significant sign that they are doing something about the basic problem of energy." Greenspan agrees, though he believes that the dollar's value will stabilize or rise on world markets because it is now far below the level that the worst fears of U.S. inflation would justify...
...first visit to Algiers, De Gaulle sent a cheering mob of colons in the Forum into near ecstasy with his celebrated opening words: "Je vous ai compris" (I have understood you). To the pieds noirs, it was a sign that De Gaulle accepted the idea of Algérie Française - and perhaps at the time he did. Yet to the dismay of the army and the fury of the settlers, De Gaulle eventually concluded that Algeria would have to be sacrificed for the greater glory of France...