Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...through them, into the national economy as a whole. Figures released last week by the Federal Reserve Board showed that industrial production dropped by 2.1% in November, the fourth monthly decline in a row. That was the largest one-month slump since May of 1980, and was a clear signal that worse difficulties are still to come. Meanwhile, the Fed also reported that the nation's factories operated at a mere 74.9% of capacity during the month, a decline of 2 percentage points from the October level and of 4.4 percentage points from the rate of one year...
...Sinai. Expelled for starting a student strike, he finished secondary school with a tutor. He was devout, austere, puritanical and, from years of listening to Radio Cairo, a true believer in Arab nationalism. After graduating from Libya's military academy, he spent several months at Britain's Army Signal School; he would stride through the streets of London in flowing robes and headgear?at that time an act of prideful defiance for an Arab...
...undramatic way, he has presided over some major changes in policy. While insisting that he will vigorously enforce antidiscrimination laws. Smith announced that the Justice Department will not advocate court-enforced busing as a means of desegregating schools. Smith has also sent a clear signal that big is not necessarily bad, thereby dampening the department's antitrust fervor and creating a favorable climate for corporate mergers and takeover attempts...
Each store in the shopping center has a telephone hot line and a poster showing ten Asian and European flags. Customers signal their languages by pointing to a flag, and the merchants dial a translation service. University students at the other end listen to the customer requests and translate them into English for sales clerks...
...moon and serve Satan. A black cat is bad luck. According to old belief, a cat, through necromancy or something even more unfathomable, has been given nine lives. Such Draculatic positions, however, are rare. Cats themselves often seem instinctively to regard fear or hatred in people as a signal to antagonize visitors. Many owners report that their pets will purposely force their unwanted attentions on squeamish guests...