Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vietnam for five years. Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet said his goal was to "resolve all aspects of the issue of missing Americans" so that full diplomatic relations could be restored. Kerry said he would tell President George Bush that the Vietnamese ^ had been "forthcoming." That may be the signal Bush is seeking to lift economic sanctions before he leaves office in January. "My hope is that the President will listen carefully to the arguments for why there ought to be a U.S. response," Kerry said. "You cannot make this a one-way street forever...
Even as he declared his support for new spending, Clinton reaffirmed plans to cut the budget deficit in half by 1996. "What we have to do is have a disciplined reduction in the debt so we can send a clear signal to the markets at home and abroad that we're going to bring this deficit down," the President-elect said. Yet critics point out that the numbers have never added up in Clinton's program. For example, Clinton's own advisers privately concede that a plan to raise $45 billion by closing tax loopholes on foreign corporations would probably...
...resignation of feminist literary critic Carolyn G. Heilbrun from the Columbia faculty should be taken as a strong signal to university administrators across the nation: Feminist scholarship needs support. Heilbrun, a tenured professor who had been at Columbia for 32 years, says she gave up her position this year to protest Columbia's neglect of her field and specifically its failure to tenure more women faculty. While the situation at Harvard is better, we should remain vigilant...
...Early staffing decisions that will set the tone of the Administration. Two key appointments: chief of staff, which will signal whether Clinton will follow a top-down or hub-of-the-wheel governing style; and Treasury Secretary, which must be someone who can reassure both financial markets and the Federal Reserve that Clinton will exercise discipline as he pursues economic reform...
...initial chanting, our vegan delights (cheese and eggs were optional) were taken in complete silence. "Clappers" directed our actions, while we placed our bowls side by side, aligning our chop sticks 30 degrees (I kid not) from the table's edge--tips out. With a bow or a hand signal, we took the food sliding down the table. This had to be devoured in all haste, because slow eating is indulgence...