Word: signalized
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...Lancet appears to strengthen another suspected breast-cancer link. Women whose mothers had toxemia during pregnancy (a form of high blood pressure that can also lower estrogen levels) are 75% less likely to get breast cancer as adults. High estrogen levels, in other words, are still a danger signal...
That said, Fiedler is under no illusions about his signal-calling prowess. It's tough to delude oneself when putting up numbers like he does...
...American president--a self-proclaimed free trader, no less--to come to the GATT and propose quotas and managed trade marks a mortal blow to the free trade ideal. It is a signal that in the post-Cold War world, trading blocs and mutual hostilities will replace open borders and open hearts...
...biology-as-destiny in both of the new menopause tomes. The existential adjustments the authors advise seem wholesome enough, yet it's not clear why they should be tied to such an obvious nonevent as the cessation of menstruation (which, with the latest technology, does not even necessarily signal the end of childbearing). There's no age that isn't a good time to confront one's mortality or to consider a second adulthood -- for men as well as women...
Without the comfort zone most signal-callers enjoy, Giardi takes it upon himself to move the ball no matter what the cost is to his body. Unfortunately, Giardi's high-risk playing style makes him, well, a high risk...