Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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EXPERTS say the accords, signed in Tela, Honduras, by the leaders of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala, signal the end of the Contras. Most assuredly, the United States will not be able to wield as much influence in the region when the threat of the Contras no longer exists...
...became buried to the eaves. Boulders sat on the roof. Thirteen automobiles were packed around the building, including five in the pool . . . The stuck horn of a buried car was blaring. The family in the darkness in their fixed tableau - watched one another by the light of a directional signal endlessly blinking...
...agreement between the manufacturers and the recording industry states that every DAT recorder will contain a computer chip that digitally encodes a signal on the tape when the first copy is made. This inaudible code will prevent a machine from making subsequent copies of that tape. That way, consumers can make a copy of a CD to play in their cars or portable machines, but that copy cannot be used to mass-produce more tapes to give or sell to other people...
...election results signal anything, it is the rise of real politics in Japan. No longer will the LDP be assured of a legislative majority year after year, and no longer will it be able to use its power simply to fine tune the existing system...
...choosing to accept three cases involving abortion in its next term, the Supreme Court has sent a clear signal that it is ready and willing to make a definitive decision on the issue of abortion when the time and political atmosphere are appropriate...