Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which no one finished. That mythical race was a comedy record by Peter Ustinov, but the Cannonball Baker is going to happen. The entrants have alternate routes, Citizens Band radios (Parker noted that over 6 million Americans have CB radios, a trend, he says, which marks a healthy sign of American individualsm and revolt against the speed laws) and new tactics, still secret, ready for this race, which was postponed from the regular November date because they didn't want to be sitting ducks for the police...
...said: "When they yelp, it's not a sign of pain, it's a sign...
...airport itself was sealed. Still, the comparatively wealthy managed to get out by buying small fishing boats in neighboring villages at handsome prices. Many were quick to take as an ominous sign the discreet departure of the Poles and Hungarians, local representatives of the moribund International Commission of Control and Supervision...
...seem to be pinning their hopes on the U.S. Congress. "It is our view," declared an aide to Premier Rabin, "that Congress will not let the President get away with punitive action against Israel." The Israelis claim that radical Arabs would interpret any reduction in U.S. aid as a sign of American weakness and a justification of their intransigent attitude toward the Jewish state. Jerusalem further insists that a strong Israel increases U.S. leverage in the Middle East...
...EGYPT'S REFUSAL TO SIGN A NONBELLIGERENCY AGREEMENT. We were ready to accept a text committing us not to resort to the use of force during the peace process. The difference between this and nonbelligerency is that if I had agreed to the latter while part of my land and other Arab land is occupied it would mean I am inviting the occupiers to stay. But agreeing not to resort to force during the peace process means we would continue to push the peace process to a final solution...