Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perot did seem to send his followers a signal about what direction they might take. He spoke about having been impressed in recent weeks by a "revitalized" Democratic Party. And that was even before Clinton's acceptance speech, which adroitly pitched the Democratic tent in the middle- class backyard. The President appears to have noticed too; he spent the week fishing -- but at the Wyoming ranch of Secretary of State James Baker, the Bush campaign chairman in 1988 who may sign on for a repeat engagement...
...surprise to both the track community and the outside world. Some observers had openly wondered why Reebok, in its much publicized $25 million advertising campaign, had even paired O'Brien with Johnson. A knee injury and Johnson's withdrawal from the world championships last fall seemed to signal his decline. No matter. Reebok needed a foil for its sure thing, O'Brien...
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered what may be the essential signal that triggers erection: a tiny secretion of nitric oxide by penile nerves. An ointment that promotes the production of nitric oxide might alleviate impotence; one that inhibits production could relieve priapism, prolonged erections unrelated to desire. Also, if nitric oxide turns out to rouse the clitoris, medicated cream could help women reach orgasm...
...during our hike back toward the Ndoki River that we come upon the band of chimps -- an encounter Fay calls "the signal wildlife experience" of his 14 years in Africa. The ruckus the apes raise begins with threats and distress calls, but some of them seem to let out the hoots that chimps use to greet one another. I would like to think these chimps have the capacity to welcome the apelike aliens into their forest...
...offering electronic devices free of charge to a limited number of women in cities participating in the six-month pilot program. The devices are worn as pendants or installed in homes as security-system panels. A woman fearing imminent assault can press her panic button, which relays a signal through her telephone line to ADT dispatchers, who in turn notify police. The victim must be inside her home or within 200 ft. of it for the device to work. To be eligible for the test program, already under way in Tampa and Jacksonville, the women must agree in advance...