Word: signs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short, it was as if there was a large "No Vacancy" sign on our front door. There was a desire on both sides to overcome that perception, to convince incoming Black undergraduates that it is worth their while to comp for the paper. But the level of distrust, on both sides, was high. Too high...
...give into sensitivity is a sign of being a conformist, lacking a free mind. In this respect, it is the difference between All in the Family and Family Ties--the hip youngster now makes fun of the sensitive male...
...former concert-booking agent, de Passe started as Gordy's creative assistant when she was 21 and produced several hit records in her 13 years in the music division. Her masterstroke: persuading Gordy in 1968 to sign the Jackson Five, an unknown group starring nine-year-old singer Michael Jackson...
...disturbing sign of the new times popped up last week, when the Government reported that the U.S. trade deficit surged in November to $12.5 billion, up from $10.3 billion the previous month. The stalled progress in narrowing the trade gap brings into question a central assumption of U.S. trade strategy: that the weak dollar will continue to shrink the deficit by making U.S. exports cheaper overseas and imported goods more expensive for American shoppers. But U.S. imports just keep on rising. That partly reflects what some economists have begun to call "hysteresis" -- a fancy term for the notion that...
...several mornings before he left, Reagan brought his friendly squirrels a double ration of acorns. He spread them out on the veranda beyond his window and watched the scramble. His staff found a squirrel-size sign that read BEWARE OF DOGS and placed it along the squirrel path. When President-elect Bush came around for his final minutes with his old mentor and boss, Reagan pointed out the sign, mindful that the Bushes will move in with a pregnant English springer spaniel named Millie and before long the grounds will swarm with puppies. "I'll keep the sign right there...