Word: signal
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...Springer and Bleul discovered that once partially ingested into the immune system, the two strains complete their invasion through the use of two different chemokine co-receptors. Chemokines are chemicals which signal immune cells to an infection...
...more immediate question is whether digital radio will even get off the ground. Companies offering the satellite link will have to shell out millions in start-up costs, and then wait an estimated three years for stations to get their equipment in working order to pick up the signal. Another problem: no one seems to know what market, if any, exists for the digital service. For the moment, the bet is on people who travel frequently by car. Even when fully launched, though, digital radio would probably not attract enough customers to wipe out local stations, the FCC says...
Bright, hand-painted signs, doors and windows, however, signal that the building may house more than just an ordinary toy store...
...health," assured one government spokesman. TIME's Douglas Waller notes that Jiang and Li may have returned to the capital to deal with the defection of North Korean official Hwang Jang Yop, currently ensconced in the South Korean embassy in Beijing. Waller notes that there is a more telling signal to watch for: "If his close relatives cut short trips, that's a clear sign that Deng has indeed died." It's unlikely that the government would keep Deng's death a secret, Waller says. While the government guards Deng's medical condition closely, Chinese custom is to announce deaths...
BEIRUT: The weekend arrests in Lebanon of seven suspected members of the Japanese Red Army, which was active mostly in the 1970s, could be a signal that Syria is finally getting serious about peace with Israel. In raids staged throughout the weekend, Lebanese agents rounded up seven men thought to be members of the terrorist group that first fought American involvement in Vietnam, then moved on to champion Palestinian causes. The group, responsible for an attack on Israel's Lod airport in 1972 that killed 24 people, has hardly been visible since the mid 1980s. With many of its members...