Word: signal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...signal the start of a new regime, every presidential appointee in the Administration sent the President the traditional letter of resignation, and he is, of course, free to pick up any or all of them. But if Lyndon Johnson means to rebuild his team, he is certainly going about it slowly and cautiously. The word last week was that the President is seeking no major Cabinet changes, at least for the present, although Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon, HEW's Boss Anthony Celebrezze, and CIA Director John McCone all may resign soon. Nor is Johnson rushing to fill the vacancy...
Worried Rich. Of course, many factors influence the ups and downs of money marts, but when a country's currency is in strong demand for no apparent reason, it is often a signal to the shrewd Lebanese experts that someone is buying it up to send back home in order to finance a coup. Example: just before Abdul Karim Kassem took power in Iraq in 1958, the Iraqi dinar's price moved up sharply. The traffic goes the other way too: when the rich in a particular country get worried about impending trouble (for instance, before Nasser started...
...Will the new program have a series of General Education courses at its core or will Gen Ed consist of a system of distribution requirements in which the Gen Ed course is optional? The decision is critical because a choice in favor of the distribution requirement would in effect signal an abnegation of Faculty responsibility...
...thump of signal drums preceded Major Mike Hoare and his mercenary column as they pushed toward the village of Bafwasende. The message: 'Flee, the white giants are coming." But Hoare and his men cut through the bush to hit Bafwasende from the rear, gunned down some of the rebels before they could escape " including a Simba cap tain carrying written orders to exterminate all white hostages held there...
...Walter Gold is the only Star reporter so equipped. Anyone within some 16 miles of him can dial his number -which is one reason why Gold keeps that number a secret between him arid Kopeck. Both men find it extremely useful. Not long ago, the Bellboy's shrill signal sent Reporter Gold to the nearest telephone for this command from Editor Kopeck: "When you come in, bring me a hot pastrami...