Word: signal
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...What, then, does Bloom’s appointment signal? His job encompasses a broad range of industries, from the steel mills he has helped organize in his position with the United Steel Workers to the Big Three automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler—in Detroit. Bloom and Keilin have already proven that worker ownership can work—since, before the United deal, they made their reputation by advising steel workers in buying out their employers...
...Democratic outreach to Shelby could signal a repeat of their credit-card-bill strategy. Some observers see Dodd and the Administration working to craft a bill close enough to Shelby's liking so that even if it gets rammed through the committee with Democratic base-pleasing measures he won't vote for, the bill can be reworked to gain his support on the Senate floor. That would give Dodd the political cover he needs for his 2010 re-election campaign, but would also give the Administration the Republican support they need for a solid legislative win. And it would give...
...together with the Secretary for Global Affairs and the Secretary of State, has the responsibility to collect information on ongoing atrocities, and it is then the responsibility of the President to determine what steps might be taken towards justice. Like the canary in the coal mine, we give the signal that something very serious is occurring...
...workers on site. University officials have said they will make a decision about whether to proceed with the project in December. At a Construction Management Sub-Committee meeting Wednesday evening, local resident Joyce Radnor said that some neighbors have become concerned that the pouring of concrete is a signal that Harvard has decided to stop construction. Construction mitigation manager Edward G. LeFlore emphasized that University President Drew G. Faust has not yet decided the fate of the project and promised that he will promptly convey such information to the community when he is notified. “There...
Though deserving of other, more flattering titles, “Signal Morning” will go down as 2009’s unlikeliest record. Its story begins in 2000 with the breakup of psych-pop revivalists The Olivia Tremor Control, who, throughout the 90s, had—along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel—served as a pillar of the Elephant Six Recording Co., a sprawling collective of indie rock bands based in Athens, Ga. With two of that decade’s finest albums—1996’s “Dusk...