Word: signaling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...players would not start playing during timeouts. the officials assumed the TV timeout position. Each official stood still at a certain part of the field with his hands behind his back as if he was playing Freeze Tag. They wouldn't budge until the Total Sports Network gave the signal to resume play...
...with us," boasts Father Ed Roden, a key organizer. "The people rose up; they're getting action." Change never comes nicely, Alinsky's disciples preach. Nor fast. Sister will be content if a few hundred water hookups can be made by year's end. That will be a signal the colonias are on the road to controlling their own destiny...
...Kryuchkov, whose affectionate nickname is said to be "Kryuk" (meaning hook), accompanied Gorbachev to last December's Washington summit, marking him as a man to watch. A specialist in international operations, Kryuchkov is not closely associated with repressing dissidents during Gorbachev's democratization effort. His appointment may be a signal that the Kremlin now attaches greater priority to KGB activities abroad. In the view of a U.S. State Department Soviet expert, "Gorbachev wants to narrow KGB responsibilities and get them out of police work...
Based in Omaha, RFD-TV puts out a signal that can be picked up free by the 2 million U.S. households with satellite dishes. About 70% of those homes are in rural areas not wired for cable TV. Programming includes crop and livestock reports, country-music videos, a polka-music show and a smattering of old western movies. Patrick Gottsch, a former satellite-dish salesman who raised $4 million from investors to start RFD-TV, thinks the channel can attract enough advertising to turn a profit in its first year. Says investor Jim Harker of Omaha: "Nobody else is hitting...
Could this signal trouble for our dear university? Remember, the Yankees finished fifth this year--and their starting pitching was much worse than Harvard...