Word: signal
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...stream of highly accelerated uncharged atomic particles that would penetrate an object and ''see'' what is inside. When these neutral particle beams hit a massive object like a warhead, gamma rays are emitted. Decoys, which have very little mass, give off virtually no emissions. ''When you get a signal,'' said SDI's Chief Scientist Gerold Yonas, ''it's the warhead. When you don't, it's a decoy.'' At present the paraphernalia needed to produce these beams is so large that it would be impossible to put in orbit as a fighting machine. Once the real warheads have been identified...
...backing any specific candidate. Indeed, it would be a politically charged move for the Prime Minister to meet with Obama on his first visit to Iraq as a presidential candidate; he has yet to meet with Obama's opponent, John McCain, and meeting with one candidate might signal an endorsement. "Of course Maliki will avoid endorsing any candidate because the Republicans are currently in power and he is working with them," says Saadun Abbas, a 42-year-old Iraqi government employee. "But [I think] he will definitely agree to meet with Obama because he needs to see Obama's vision...
...being fought in Congress, where lawmakers debate whether to keep funding abstinence-only education in the face of studies showing it doesn't work; in the culture, as Lindsay and Britney and Miley march in single file off a cliff; at school-board meetings, where members argue over the signal sent by including condoms in the prom bag; at the dinner table, where parents try to transmit values to children, knowing full well that swarms of other messages are landing by text and Twitter. "The culture is everywhere," says Randy's daughter Khrystian, 20. "You can't get away from...
...authorize President Bush to use military force to oust Saddam Hussein, with Reed opposing the invasion and Hagel supporting it. Both carry enormous influence on military issues on Capitol Hill and have strong ties to the Pentagon. Obama's invitation of Hagel is also meant to send a signal that he is serious about trying to build a bipartisan consensus on foreign policy...
...Jordan plans to press Obama to promise that, if elected, he would place a higher priority than Bush has on the Arab-Israeli peace talks. (The presence in Obama's entourage of Dennis Ross, the lead negotiator in those talks for Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, is a signal that Obama is thinking along the same lines.) In Israel, the New York Times has reported, he will meet with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and the head of the opposition, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu. He is also expected...