Word: signal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...proposal was deliberately vague. "Representatives of the Palestinian people," it noted, would have a voice in deciding a final settlement. But it made no mention of the Palestine Liberation Organization, with whom Israel has refused to negotiate. That alone, in the view of some Western diplomats, was a hopeful signal that the Egyptians were trying to avoid any wording that might unnecessarily antagonize the Israelis...
...need for clarification had become palpable as observers in Washington and Moscow puzzled over which voice was articulating U.S. foreign policy. Was it the tough, "chilly war" growl of Brzezinski? Or the milder, more conciliatory tone of Vance? Or the mixed signal that Carter seemed to be transmitting...
...Washington's mood was spelled out more bluntly by one of Israel's leading champions, New York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits. On the Senate floor, Javits said unhappily that the Begin government's answer was "a disappointment," a petulant declaration that is "the wrong signal, at the wrong time, and argues with the wrong party ... I hope this is not Israel's last word...
...grosses $4 million, including $500,000 in gifts from well-wishers. The funds help subsidize the school's other athletic programs. Conversely, if football and basketball were cut down to approximate women's sports in size, the entire system would collapse. The N.C.A.A. warns that Title IX "may well signal the end of intercollegiate athletics as we know them...
...strains of organ music had faded, did it start to rain. Everybody ran for cover, the ladies lifting their long dresses to avoid splattering them with red mud. In 30 or 40 minutes the skies began to clear. "It's stopped raining," the President announced. As if on signal, people began to return to poolside...