Word: signal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...summer. A remarkable change has come over the President: once again he is relaxed, confident, charming. Gone is his captious attitude to the U. S. press. Old Mark Sullivan, dean of Washington columnists, noted the change a month ago, hopefully analyzed the President's bubbly jocularity as a signal he has decided not to run again...
...pulled to a stop, a German in civilian clothes stepped out of the cafe and made a mysterious signal. At once a gang of civilians rushed across the border from Germany, firing wild shots (one of which killed Mynheer Klop). The civilians bundled their captives into another car, and drove across the border. Secret Agents Stevens and Best were arrested...
Clubs and news-thirsty individuals in Buenos Aires wanted TIME on time, or as near it as possible. Air Express was the answer. So we organized the TIME on Time Club of Argentina and now Panairliners flash the red TIME signal of hot world news down to Miami, over the Caribbean, along the Pacific coast and over the Andes to us in four and a half days...
...thesis that no other industry has so completely failed to run itself, that none other has so conspicuously burdened the nation with mass unemployment, Arnold trained his batteries on the building trades, last week gave the signal to fire...
Yesterday's practice was carried on in routine fashion, with most of the time being devoted to passing, dummy scrimmage, kicking under pressure, defense against New Hampshire plays, and signal drills. Bright point of the workout was continued improvement in the passing attack...