On the glass partition between me and the driver were three signs: one asked for help for the blind, another help for orphans, and the third for relief for the war refugees.

A year ago, when I met with you, the nation was emerging from an economic downturn, even though the signs of resurgent prosperity were not then sufficiently convincing to the doubtful.

The giant electric signs and marquees were lit up for the first time since blackout regulations had been instituted, and the atmosphere was alive with the feeling that victory was just around the corner.

Wavy lines, feather-like patterns, rosettes of indefinitely floral nature, birds either singly or in stylized rows, animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) -- all these turned up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the potters were broadening their gaze.

The " space " character had to come before graphics to make sorting easier, so it became position 20 < sub > hex </ sub >; for the same reason, many special signs commonly used as separators were placed before digits.

The Proto-Sinatic or Proto Canaanite script and the Ugaritic script were the first scripts with limited number of signs, in contrast to the other widely used writing systems at the time, Cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Linear B.

* 1988 – Japanese American internment: U. S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $ 20, 000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.

When Sultan Murad V began to show signs of paranoia, madness and continuous fainting and vomiting even on the day of his coronation and threw himself into a pool yelling at his guards to protect his life, they were afraid the public would become outraged and revolt to bring the former Sultan back.

The poems were put to music, but the musical signs are no longer readable.

They show no signs of slag or metal prills suggesting that zinc minerals were heated to produce zinc vapor which reacted with metallic copper in a solid state reaction.

Among the topics were love, religion, drinking-songs, legends, and early journalism, which included disasters, political events and signs, wonders and prodigies.

While there were visible signs of damage, in the vegetation and an apparent lack of construction in some places, the Island was bustling again as some things had been freshly re-built and those that were not were quite on their way.

Several of the company's technicians examined the enhanced prints, and although they agreed with Snelling that the pictures " showed no signs of being faked ", they concluded that " this could not be taken as conclusive evidence ... that they were authentic photographs of fairies ".

For many years passengers arriving at the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport were greeted by signs in Chinese welcoming them to the " Chung Cheng International Airport ".

These were called Geissler tubes, similar to today's neon signs.

Unlike many anime titles, viewers weren ’ t expected to have knowledge of Asian culture — character names, signs, and the like were primarily in English to begin with — or have seen any other anime series prior.

Commemorative signs reading " Eisenhower Interstate System " and bearing Eisenhower's permanent 5-star rank insignia were introduced in 1993 and are currently displayed throughout the Interstate System.

There were signs of decreased declarative memory performance in the participants that had to complete the stressful situation after learning the words.

Neale and Rowse also idealised the Queen personally: she always did everything right ; her more unpleasant traits were ignored or explained as signs of stress.

However, this was an exceptional case, and it is not until 1912 that there were the first signs of the special expressive use of Insert Shots ; that is, shots of objects rather than people.

In antiquity, field signs or standards were used in warfare that can be categorized as vexilloid or " flag-like ".

Various reasons have been suggested for the resistance to the Celsius system in the U. S., including the larger size of each degree Celsius ( resulting in the need for decimals where integer Fahrenheit degrees were adequate for much non-technical work ), the lower zero point in the Fahrenheit system ( which reduces the number of negative signs when measurements such as weather data were averaged ), and the more intuitive alignment of its 0-100 scale to the ordinary range of outdoor temperatures seen in most of the U. S. ( e. g., 0 ° F

Thus the lack of effective recognition of the responsibilities involved in caring for two babies showed signs of becoming a disabling problem.

* 1947 – Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League.

Although most agree that Singapore's economic success has been due in part to its strong emphasis on developing and promoting talented leaders, there are signs that an increasing number believe that it is instead becoming an elitist society.

By the end of the 1970s, signs of social and economic stagnation were becoming very pronounced.

Matilda's first son, Henry, was showing signs of becoming a successful leader.

However, it was around this time in his life that signs of his schizophrenia were becoming apparent to members of the company.

By the end of 1973, those closest to Warner became aware of signs that he was becoming disoriented.

As a result of bald eagles becoming more prevalent, eagle watching has become a tourist attraction within the Town, drawing people from far distances, and the Town now uses the slogan “ Winter Home of the Bald Eagle ” on its road signs.

Elkland at that time, did not show signs of becoming a village.

Numbness in the glans penis, penis becoming cold or penis becoming white may be signs that a cock ring has been worn for too long and medical advice should be sought.

Crucially, despite Austrian attempts to trumpet their victory against Napoleon, its political consequences remained limited: there were no signs of a general uprising in Germany, Prussia was still unwilling to enter the war and Great Britain was not ready to launch its promised land expedition in northern Europe, while Russia, France's ally since 1807, was becoming increasingly aggressive against the Austrian forces in Galicia.

* April 29 – 19-year-old Andrew Loog Oldham signs a contract with The Rolling Stones, becoming their manager.

By now, Pastorius was displaying signs of the mental instability and substance abuse problems which would ultimately wreck his career, and the close relationship between him and Zawinul was becoming strained as Zawinul tired of Pastorius ' showmanship onstage ( beginning to feel that it detracted from the music ).

Furthermore, the road signs were lost years ago in an accident, resulting in the hamlet becoming virtually invisible to the outside world.

She continued to say " wah-wah " long after becoming deaf ; she describes it as the one word she kept, while substituting a large vocabulary of signs for everything else she wanted to say.

Critics saw this as Tara's personality becoming more forceful as Willow begins to show signs of weakness leading to her addiction.

* 1981-MTV signs on, becoming the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos.

In the UK, for road signs, maps and construction work, the gradient was traditionally expressed as a ratio such as 1 in 12, but signs showing gradient expressed as a percentage are becoming more common.

It was becoming clear that Harley regarded the band as little more than accompaniment to his own agenda, and already there were signs that things would not last, despite having a big hit with their second single, " Judy Teen ".

In contrast with the NPC which has become more assertive since the 1990s, the National Congress of the Communist Party has shown no signs of becoming a deliberative assembly with independent power.

Birmingham's existing industries grew strongly and kept the economy buoyant, but growing local fears that the city's economy was becoming over-specialised were dismissed by central government, even though danger signs were growing by the early 1970s.

Rabbi Frank, who died of pneumonia at the age of 43, left four daughters yet unmarried, and in his will, he asked that his wife, Golda, marry off each daughter to a young man who showed the signs of becoming a " gadol b ' yisrael " -- a true leader of the Jewish people, a colossus of Torah in its knowledge, thought, diligence, commitment, and values.

Place names in their original Gaelic are becoming increasingly common on road signs throughout the Scottish Highlands.