Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...purpose of the bishops' visit is to indicate to students the importance of discussion about religious issues and of establishing contact with Harvard's tradition of religious exploration," Epps said. "I hope to signal to the student body that questions of curiosity about religion are very important...
...would be, that is, if not for the neurotransmitters. These chemicals are stored in tiny sacs known as vesicles, located at nerve endings. When an electrical signal reaches the vesicles, they release their load. The neurotransmitter molecules navigate across the synapse and lock into receptors on the neighboring nerve cell--an action roughly equivalent to flipping on a light switch. The second nerve cell wakes up and sends off a jolt of electricity to pass the message along. Their job completed, the neurotransmitter molecules detach and are ferried back to be reabsorbed or destroyed...
...Travelers Group acquisition of Salomon Brothers may signal a rash of new mergers (Money Daily...
...deal goes through--and it will certainly get a hard look from antitrust officials--AOL will have 12 million members, almost six times as many as its nearest competitor, the Microsoft Network. But while the news was big, AOL had no idea the coup would so clearly signal that the company had finally arrived. As congratulatory calls poured in, AOL employees shared a moment of collective corporate shock: "Well, I guess Steve was right...
Just getting to the Red Planet was a signal accomplishment for Surveyor. Launching a spacecraft from Earth to Mars, says NASA, is like firing a baseball from California to New York and hitting a particular window in the Empire State Building. Having managed this navigational tour de force, Surveyor then had to enter Mars orbit--a maneuver that carried its own risks...