Word: signal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Restic insists that Cuccia remains in the running for quarterback, but consistent rumors have the Angeleno in the line-up even if the signal-caller slot is filled. "If we see a place for Ron in another director (besides quarterback), we'll use him," Restic says, adding, "We want to get the best players out there on the field and Ron is very talented." So look for Cuccia at flanker or end, and remember how much Restic loves those passrun options and reverses...
...coach Joe Restic says, "If we can stay healthy, we'll be three." A superlative defensive line and a wealth of talented signal-callers should prove the greatest Crimson strengths, and while the squad has some holes to plug, Restic's charges always manage to be competitive...
...right. But joke or no joke, how can anyone dissociate him/herself from the all-too-real pain? How can anyone with the slightest parental urge--or human decency--laugh at a delivery that ends in bloody death? And, given that laughter is a complex entity and could signal distress as well as pleasure, why was the reaction to the movie overwhelmingly, ecstatically favorable...
...helicopter early the next morning to a rendezvous point. Once there, the chopper's pilot received new instructions from the extortionists to head for a strobe light flashing along a highway in northern California. He did so, fruitlessly hovered for half an hour looking for the signal and then flew back to Stateline...
...falling rapidly in May, following the peaking of inflation at 18% in March; the "leading" indicators, which point to the future direction of the economy, turned up smartly in June, and housing began to show signs of renewed life in July. For many professional investors, the most convincing buy signal came in early July, when it turned out that second-quarter corporate profits had declined by a less-than-expected 9%. Says Barton Biggs, a managing partner at the Morgan Stanley & Co. investment banking firm: "The market is tracking a classic recession pattern. In general the best gains have come...