Word: signaler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That may?or may not?have been a subtle signal from Gray that he was giving up hope of winning his confirmation battle with the U.S. Senate. His nomination looked hopelessly blocked in a divided Judiciary Committee precisely because many Senators believed that, despite Gray's wire, he has permitted the FBI to be improperly influenced by base political considerations during his ten-month temporary tenure...
That may not be enough to please the new Europe's more ardent advocates. But given the Continent's past -its dreadful wars, its fierce rivalries -the arrival of "the European idea" is unquestionably one of the signal events of the decade...
...crisis. Many Europeans argue that the U.S. is selfishly asking other nations to solve problems that are of its own making. If resentment of the U.S. becomes enshrined in Europe's monetary and trade policies, the dollar might fall even lower. For Europe and the U.S., that would signal the start of an economic war in which neither side could expect more than a Pyrrhic victory...
...been fighting to recover damages for his years of imprisonment. (He once came within 24 hours of execution.) Now a federal jury has ordered New York City to pay $120,000 on his claim that the city engaged in malicious prosecution and false arrest. It was a signal success in the growing trend of compensating the wrongfully imprisoned...
...reforms in generals may signal a trend toward relaxation of concentration requirements. The Anthropology Department, among others, considered dropping generals last year, and may still opt for take-home exams...