Word: signal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Another signal of the W.C.C.'s change of direction, and the one that triggered Meyendorffs dismay, was the ouster of Swiss Reformed Theologian Lukas Vischer as head of the council's Commission on Faith and Order, which seeks ecumenical unity through theological discussion. Although Vischer personally supported the antiracism grants, he was a symbol, to increasingly influential Third World activists within the W.C.C., of an old-fashioned theological approach to ecumenism. The commission, which is the only major W.C.C. agency with official Roman Catholic members, strongly urged that Vischer be reappointed to a job he has held since...
...World War I. The best news, however, is that eight of the 39 are the famous missing hours, those episodes that Masterpiece Theater unaccountably deemed inferior and therefore failed to show in the U.S. For those who love the Bellamys, the broadcast of the lost eight is a signal cultural event, almost as important as if someone were to discover the missing fragments of the Satyricon or the diary of Lord Byron...
...wrong he was. After a first meeting with Begin and other top Israeli officials, Spokesman Sherman said that the talks were at "a delicate stage," a clear signal that things were souring. The second session was even worse. To Vance's suggestion that Israel accept the changes requested by Sadat, an outraged Begin pounded the table and replied: "What kind of behavior is this? You receive some new demands and push them over to us, making it clear that you already accept them. Is this the behavior of an honest broker?" Responded Vance: "We know that you have taken major...
...million exercise was officially dubbed a Loss of Fluid test (LOFT). It was held in the Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. As some 200 scientists and technicians paced anxiously, the countdown began. On signal, two blowdown pipe valves snapped open, simulating a rupture. In a flash, reactor cooling fluid escaped. As the core's temperature soared, the secondary cooling system also failed, again according to plan. Then after only 17 seconds, the third system's coolant began pouring hundreds of gallons of water on the hot core. Its temperature, which had jumped to 516° C (960?...
...Federal Reserve Board's monetary policy is turning tighter in an effort to restrain credit and the money supply. To signal its intentions, the board controls the interest rate for Fed funds, which are reserves that banks lend each other. That rate has risen to a high 10%. In addition, the nation's basic money supply, or M.I, dropped $1.9 billion to $359.5 billion during the week ending...