Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five of their number have served as President. But the last two generals have been gradually carrying out an abertura, or political opening, which has included amnesty for political prisoners, a partial lifting of censorship and more opposition-party participation in government. The results of the conventions, however, could signal not only the end of military control but the beginning of rule by an opposition party. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party chose as its candidate Tancredo Neves, 74, a moderate, avuncular lawyer and governor of Minas Gerais state. Political analysts say he has a good chance of winning...
...would anger older voters shortly before the November election. "It was going to happen anyway," insists Republican Senator Robert Dole. "Now, politically, the President comes out ahead." Still, contends a House Republican leader, "it was a dumb move. He shouldn't have done it." It sends the wrong signal, the Republican explained, about the party's intentions to hold down Government spending...
...time has not yet come, and may never come for such a team. For the moment, these two will have to suffice, and they will surely not sway the racist government in Johannesburg from what it sees as its appointed course. But their presence sends a clear signal that if their country cannot participate, its native-born athletes can and will, drawing attention to their adopted nations, and to the abhorrent nature of the South African government...
Amtrak Veteran Rodney Rosemond had been on the signal-tower job for only two weeks. Rosemond, who has been suspended, may have failed to throw the red signal that would have told the Zip's engineer to stop and wait for the Shoreliner to pass...
...name is Geraldine Ferraro," she said in a low-keyed but firm voice when the tumult subsided. "I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is a land where dreams can come true for all of us." Her selection, she said, sent "a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limit on achievement." Stressing the openness of her party, she declared, "Change is in the air, just as surely as when John Kennedy beckoned America to a New Frontier; when Sally Ride rocketed into space, and when Rev. Jesse Jackson...