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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chart Designer Nigel Holmes first surveyed the distinctive shapes of America through the window of a Greyhound bus. Having completed his M.A. in illustration at London's Royal College of Art in 1966, British-born Holmes was embarked on a 99-days-for-$99 visual tour of the U.S., during which he filled his sketch pads and memory with images of cars, drive-in movie theaters, billboard displays and fast-food emporiums. "I was tremendously influenced by what I saw and by new techniques used in American graphics," he says. "I decided, however, that I could never work here...
...Iranian attacker broke a window in a nearby men's room and tried to enter through it. Said King: "A Marine went in there and knocked him out of the window and fired tear...
...back room on the building's ground floor. Among them, according to King, were Lijek, Anders and Kathy Stafford. The Marine managed to jimmy a back door, which had been bolted automatically as a security precaution. The door opened onto an alley. "Mark and I looked out the window upstairs," said King, "and it was clear as far as we could see. We went back down. I opened the door and we walked...
Twice in the past week Washington power figures have quoted Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, standing at his window in 1914. "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." But it is different down on the floor of the Senate, Ted Stevens ("How can we defend ... ?") and Robert Byrd ("Let the Soviets guess...") argue. So do others...
...still sending shock waves throughout much of Latin America. Ignoring the fact-Iran notwithstanding-that embassies are "foreign soil," the government ordered police to begin an assault on the Spanish mission. It started shortly after noon, bringing the frantic Ambassador and the former Guatemalan officials to an upstairs window in protest. "Please don't enter!" pleaded the Ambassador. "We have immunity!" He was ignored...