Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent weekend, the desperate highway patrol put in a new system that was reminiscent of an oldtime cattle drive. During the peak travel hours, 45 "pace cars," each with a large sign reading "It's 55" bolted to its roof, straddled traffic lanes on an assigned section of the highways. The patrol cars drove at a steady speed of 55 m.p.h., forcing cars to stay in line behind them. One patrolman would escort a caravan for a distance and then turn the cars over to the next officer...
...officials of the state department of labor estimated that unemployment there had jumped from 9% for the month of January to 11% or 12% by last week. Unemployment lines in Georgia are much the same as elsewhere in the U.S. People who wish to collect unemployment compensation have to sign up at state offices. The lines are long and quiet. They are also exercises in learning how to wait. Last week Atlanta Bureau Chief James Bell visited a job insurance office of the Georgia department of labor, stood in line and talked with Southerners who in many cases are seeing...
Many states require that workers seeking jobless benefits first apply to an unemployment office and then return every week or two to show that they are willing to work if the office can provide them with a job suited to their skills. If it cannot, the worker signs a form, and in some states, like New Jersey, he picks up his check on the spot. In other states, like New York, workers must still show up at the office, but after they sign their form they have to wait for the check to be mailed to their home...
...Sign of Resistance. Elsewhere, however, there were growing signs of resistance to the Arab muscle. In Manhattan, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith refused to capitulate to demands by the Kuwait International Investment Co. to drop the U.S. branch of Lazard Frères as a participant in two lending syndicates that will raise $50 million for the Mexican government and $25 million for Volvo. Merrill Lynch Chairman Donald Regan was not about to exclude Lazard or slight its chairman, 76-year-old Andre Meyer. The Kuwaitis then dropped out of the deals. Echoing the typical sentiments among investment bankers, Paul...
...championship the first year. But Parent's wanderings had only begun. In 1971 the Flyers traded him to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he became a protégé of Plante, then the Toronto goalie. That stint ended 18 months later when Parent bolted the Leafs to sign with the World Hockey Association's Miami Screaming Eagles. The only trouble was that Miami had no rink. "The only ice," recalls Parent, "was in a glass...