Word: signalizing
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...After two failed nominations directed at women who hired illegal immigrants as nannies, Bill Clinton turned to Janet Reno to fill the attorney general position. How did she respond to this signal of confidence? By using unprecedented military action against cults and six year olds. She also decided to wear extremely unflattering suits made out of what seems to be long swathes of cobalt fabric. Despite a judgmental American public that seems to favor women of the Laura Bush ilk (heck, even Hillary is showing cleavage on the presidential trail while also wearing an endless string of peach linen pants...
...seems that our love of tipping goes even deeper than this. The act of leaving a tip is complex and has many ramifications. When Americans go to restaurants and leave tips, we shrewdly reward good service, signal to others that we are wealthy, and show a bit of kindness to a server...
...festival have gone on to become high-profile movies distributed nationwide, including “Saw” and the original, Japanese-made “Grudge.” This year, nine films will screen at the festival, including action-horror-thriller “The Signal,” animated comedy “The District,” and the bloody “Murder Party.” GOING GOTHIC The festival kicks off with the gothic anthology “Trapped Ashes” on opening night. In four segments, it follows a group...
...Murphy boasts a senior signal-caller and an explosive receiving corps, has sophomore Cheng Ho and freshman Gino Gordon learning on the job at tailback, and it’s the same formula. Will it be good enough to outlast the one-dimensional but dominant Bulldogs...
...other end of the bar, Jonathan Travers, 26, the fan who publicly questioned the masculinity of Midwesterners, and Pete Bonavita, 22, perform their own cheer for XFL cameras in an attempt to add two opening-game tickets to the seven season tickets they have already purchased. They signal hands-over-crotch for the X, stick up middle fingers for the F and give the international "loser" signal, thumb and index finger smacked onto forehead...