Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...famous "walk in the woods," was subsequently disavowed by the Kremlin and the White House. The proposal called for the U.S. to abandon the planned deployment of 108 Pershing II missiles in West Germany in exchange for a ceiling on Soviet warheads. Whether Akhromeyev meant to send a new signal was unclear. Other Congressmen insisted that the marshal's remarks were merely routine responses to the group's questions and clearly not intended as major policy shifts...
...Emperor. Recalled the keeper: "I had to walk among the dignitaries and wipe the urine from their shoes with a satin cloth. This was my job for ten years." The function of another aide was to act as the monarch's animated timepiece, bowing several times as "a signal to His Perspicacious Majesty that one hour was ending and that the time had come to start another...
...Carter to spring a much feared "October surprise" in the campaign, such as gaining freedom for the U.S. embassy hostages held captive in Tehran. The Post claimed that Casey had used retired military officers who favored Reagan's election to report any unusual U.S. troop movements that might signal a dramatic move by Carter abroad. Indeed, Carter's failure to secure the release of the hostages probably contributed more to his loss to Reagan than did the debate. Most polls had the election extremely close at the time of the debate, just a week before the vote. Though...
Unlike Richard Nixon's voice-activated taping system, Kennedy's-intended for his personal use in writing his memoirs-was turned on and off by his secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, in response to a signal light that J.F.K. flashed on her desk. He thus could choose what to record. The telephone talks are surprisingly clear, but most of the group discussions produced confused and often incomprehensible transcripts. The microphone was hidden under the Cabinet Room table in many of these meetings...
...Antonio, which will open next summer, children visiting their newborn brothers and sisters will be entertained in a special "sibling room" equipped with games. Patients at Eastwood Hospital in Memphis, a Healthcare International facility, get a $10 refund if the floor nurse fails to respond to a call signal within one minute...