Word: signal
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Peter Brooks, a professor in Yale's French department, yesterday said the move would "send a signal through the academic community that language study is an essential part of a liberal education." He added, "when language study is losing out on the free market, it's important to make it available in other ways...
Iranian military intelligence units patrolling the hills northwest of the border town of Bostan flashed a warning: the Iraqis were about to attack Tang-e-Chazzabeh, a narrow mountain pass straddling the frontier. Two dozen Iranian crews manning field guns and Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers were awaiting the signal from their commanding officer. Sure enough, an Iranian forward observer spotted the columns of Iraqi armor and infantry on the move. He called "Now!" into his walkie-talkie. The commanding officer yelled "Fire!" The guns roared and the missiles blasted off toward the attacking Iraqi units...
...Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), two blocks northeast of Harvard Yard, is a funky high school. No bells ring; instead snatches of rock music signal the end of class. Students can choose among several alternative educational programs. Even the dropouts have a place at CRLS. They run the sub shop. The unique atmosphere at Cambridge's only high school has emerged after years of confusion and controversy over priorities and programs. Many teachers and administrators describe a new equilibrium that has emerged at CRLS, between a commitment to academic excellence and a loyalty to the multi-racial background...
Ultimately, perhaps the most convincing reason for voting to approve the new government is that there is no reason not to. Thinking that voting against the plan will signal to the Faculty that it can't bully our leaders is misguided. It would not create a more perfect government but instead kill the possibility of any possible student forum to work beside the Faculty. That would suit University Hall just fine. And not voting at all is also kind of heartless: Let's finally give our junior politicos a chance to strut their stuff in a structure that actually shows...
...hopes that we go away," Turk says. Just to make sure, HRE is trying to hasten the union's departure--a signal that perhaps HTU is beginning to have some small effect on Harvard's decision-making process. HRE has sent an employee to spy on a tenants' meeting, threatened at least one HTU activist with eviction, and broken out the heavy legal artillery to fight tenants at 8 Plympton St. who have been receiving assistance from Turk. At a recent rent control board meeting, HRE attorney Daniel Polvere filed an abnormally long--20 page--brief for Harvard, and stated...