Word: signal
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This is no small achievement for any novel. For what is essentially an espionage tale, it is a signal for rejoicing. In Arkady Renko, the U.S.S.R. finally has an exportable sleuth. In Martin Cruz Smith, 38, the U.S. at last has a domestic Le Carré. -By Stefan Kanfer...
...shake-up last December, he is a past master of the art of anti-Semitic plotting. In March 1968 he crushed an uprising of Polish students and used the opportunity to advance his own nationalist faction through a purge of Jewish Communists. Could the revival of anti-Semitic rhetoric signal a new bid for power by the wily general? "It's a good bet," noted a West German diplomat. "This could have been a Moczar trial balloon...
There is still uncertainty about Administration intentions on trade with the Soviet Union. Some Reagan officials say that they are only looking for a sign of reduced tensions in, say, Poland before increasing trade with Moscow. Says Brock of the Soviets: "We're waiting for a signal on how they are going to behave in the international community." The Administration's foreign policy hardliners, though, are less interested in trade. The new man in the key position of granting export licenses for all Communist countries is Lawrence Brady, 41 , Assistant Secretary for trade administration at the Commerce Department...
...slowed while our industry gets on its feet." But hin dering the availability of Japanese cars in the U.S. could result in substantially higher auto prices for American consumers and hurt the Administration's battle against inflation. The outcome of the Japanese auto issue will give a clear signal of the trade policy for the entire Reagan Administration. Administration...
Regardless of how they interpret the political motivation behind the impending cuts. Harvard educators agreed that the reductions signal a long-term trend of government withdrawal from supporting universities...