Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drums sounded amidst cries of "Merdekaf (Freedom) and " Viva Presidente Suhartor No Indonesian armed forces were in sight, only a handful of local militiamen in ragtag colonial uniforms and wide-brimmed hats, carrying a variety of antediluvian weapons. Finally, we reached a grubby, squat sports hall adorned with a sign saying "We wish you a happy conference." The 28-member People's Representative Council had already started its historic session...
...spaces, travel allowances, restaurant service and custodial help, to satisfy his vindictive whims. Annoyed that elevator operators were sitting when he had to stand, he ordered their jump seats removed. Irked at House barbers, he raised haircut prices and banned tipping. Mad at the press, he temporarily refused to sign pay vouchers for some press-gallery employees. Hays gained extra influence as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which dispenses much-sought funds for the election of House members...
...included Twins Carlene and Sharlene Engle, 18, who loved to sing songs composed by their mother, Wake and Smile in the Sunshine and Take Pride in America. After their funeral, Sharlene's dusty 1963 Ford station wagon was parked across the street from her home. A FOR SALE sign was in the window...
Doctors on Loan. TIME'S Rio de Janeiro bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand visited Guyana last week and found no sign of any such occupying force. "Disregarding the 50 to 75 Cuban shrimp fishermen who use the capital as a port," he cabled, "they number barely more than the Americans. There are perhaps 20 diplomats and staff at the Cuban Embassy, ten language teachers, six doctors on loan, two or three staff members of Cubana Airlines and a team of technicians at an airport fuel depot...
...this year have been in retail sales. In April they climbed 14% above a year earlier, and now they are about 10% ahead of 1975. Pacing the boom is the dramatic pickup in auto sales, which are now racing at an annual rate of 9.2 million and show every sign of outdistancing even the most optimistic projections, to hit 10.6 million for the year, v. 8.2 million in 1975. Last week Detroit reported that auto sales for the ten days ending May 20 were up an impressive 53% over last year, to 310,800 cars...