Word: signalized
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...next move was to send a clear signal of determination around the globe. In a conference call on the morning of Dec. 21, Summers had asked the six other deputy finance ministers of the G-7 nations to make sure their largest commercial banks gave a hand by delaying Korea's loan repayments. Three days later in Manhattan, New York Federal Reserve Bank Chairman William McDonough met with six large banks to urge them to roll over loans to Seoul. McDonough also asked the bankers to delay the "margin calls" on currency swaps and derivative deals, which might help unravel...
...amassing chemical and biological weapons wasn't signal enough that Iraq is out of step with the rest of the world, consider how long it's been since that nation had a clean-shaven ruler...
...DEAL Aired 5/2/91. Ex-lovers Jerry and Elaine work out rules under which they can still have sex. A signal from the first full season of the show's ambition and precocity...
...Roller Coaster Cyberspace's No. 1 online service was one long busy signal last winter, leading critics to predict gleefully the pre-Web relic's demise. Well, if you bought AOL stock in, say, January, you would have nearly quadrupled your money by Thanksgiving. Could AOL chairman Steve Case be the new Michael Eisner...
Then, last Monday, Gore flew into town for a marathon of speeches and meetings designed to get the talks moving at last. In public, Gore said he had urged U.S. delegates "to show increased negotiating flexibility"--a signal that America was ready to cut some sort of deal. Just how far the Administration was willing to go, however, wasn't clear until the very last minute. Even as Air Force Two was landing in Kyoto, Gore was on the phone with White House officials trying to nail down what the strategy should be. They finally agreed that Gore would quietly...