Word: signal
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...first Thanksgiving Proclamation, issued by President Washington, asserts that "it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God." The U.S., however, had special reasons to be thankful: "for the signal and manifold mercies . . . in the course and conclusion of the late war"; "for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions"; and "for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed." Men fight and plan for liberty, but they do not decree it. God does that. The Thanksgiving Proclamation echoed, in workaday language, the assertion...
...hostage by Serbs in Bosnia, even though U.S. officials are uneasy about President Clinton's offer to send in up to 25,000 U.S. troops to complete the mission. Defense Secretary William Perry said the U.N. would have to make the decision to move in -- action that, ironically, would signal a larger U.S. intention to stay out of the war. But if it happens, he added, the American soldiers would be prepared to handle Serbs with "overwhelming force." (The Bosnian Serbs have said they're holding the peacekeepers as insurance against further NATO air strikes.) But even as NATO itself...
...that he said blurted out, "That's the Bill Clinton we've been waiting for" -- a remark that drew a momentary frown from the president, who had avoided directly criticizing McCurdy.) "Are they going to play it safe, or be bold in taking on the Republicans?" Carney asks. "The signal Clinton issued was that they're going to be bold and challenge them for the swing vote." BTW: White House officials tell Carney the president is planning a major public address on these issues for the middle of next week.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...return of Gephardt, who becomes the senior congressional Democrat with Speaker Tom Foley's re-election defeat, puts his party in the same combative position the GOP has been in for most of the last 40 years. "Gephardt is considered very partisan," she says, "and they sent a signal they want to stick with a fighting Democrat. They're digging in for war." BTW: Gephardt's day wasn't entirely painless. He came to the Capitol for the vote from a hospital where he was preparing for gall bladder surgery. He returned immediately after his victory.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin...
...writer Christine Gormansays the discovery, through "top-drawer" research, is the first hard evidence to support a decades-old hypothesis that a "feedback loop" between body and brain regulates weight. In the case of many obese people, she says, the new findings suggest a protein is sending the wrong signal, resulting in lower metabolism and excessive hunger. "The implications for the moment are more psychological than medical or therapeutic," Gorman says. "We don't know how many of the obese people out there have this defect. But this does make the point they are fighting their own genetics."Post your...