Word: signal
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Other analysts read the elevation of a political neuter like Jiang as a signal that the succession battle between conservatives and liberals is not over. "He's manageable, and he'll serve as a placeholder until this power struggle is sorted out," said an Asian diplomat in Beijing. Still other observers thought Jiang owed his new job to a very recent success: his skillful "big lie" campaign aimed at convincing many Chinese that no civilian massacre ever happened...
Thus ended the most sensational corruption scandal to hit Cuba since Fidel Castro seized power three decades ago. But the titillating proceeding raised more questions than it answered. On the one hand, the hearing seemed to signal Castro's determination to crack down on official corruption and take a leading role in stanching the tide of drugs that courses through Latin America and washes up on North American shores. On the other hand, the charges aired in the hearing made a mockery of Castro's repeated insistence that Cuba has an "unimpeachable record" when it comes to drugs. Despite solid...
Faced with accusations that its aggressive trade policies threaten rain forests, the oceans and a host of endangered species, the superpower has launched a series of initiatives. But the country is handicapped by a shortage of conservation activists and experts. Do its actions signal a heightened environmental awareness or merely skillful public relations...
...last February, Judith Richards Hope, an attorney and consummate Republican party insider, became the first woman to join the Corporation. Does the Hope appointment signal change in the way Harvard runs itself...
...just a bizarre mixture of cultures. There are evidently cultures where it is considered basically good etiquette to keep your left-turn signal on at all times. Then there are people who feel it's important to buy the largest possible car, the kind you can land aircraft on top of with no problem, and they drive them incredibly slowly. At the same time, there are people who cannot imagine going less than 70 m.p.h., including in their driveways. Then the politics here is amazing. I mean, we have rallies here for the right to sacrifice chickens...