Word: signpost
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...champagne? No starlets? Don't worry; he'll get to them later. Right now, Branson is just enjoying his role as pilot of what he calls the world's first truly global airline, one that serves as a signpost to where the battered U.S. airline industry must head: scaled back, smarter, more global and perhaps even profitable. With just 122 planes, 13,600 employees and about $5 billion in revenue last year, all the Virgin airlines put together--Branson's Virgin Group has stakes in Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America, V Australia and Virgin Blue in Australia and Virgin Nigeria...
...debate seemed a signpost: the beginning of the real campaign after more than a year of fund-raising and inside baseball. And her performance seemed a crystallization of the problems that have always plagued Clinton, the notion that she is perpetually calculating, triangulating and cold, without core convictions. On the other hand, in several dozen interviews over a weekend in Iowa, I simply couldn't find anyone who had actually seen the debate - not even among the political junkies who attend her meetings. Clinton's public demeanor at these rallies suggested that she had taken the punch and moved...
...Store, a destination for famous authors such as Stephen King and Al Gore ’69, drew a crowd of its own when the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Plympton Street on which it stands was rechristened in honor of the store’s founding family. The signpost identifying Frank, Mark & Pauline Kramer Square, as it is now officially known, was unveiled Saturday morning. Carole Horne, the store’s general manager, said the staff decided to celebrate the store’s 75th anniversary and the owners’ accomplishments by persuading Cambridge City Council...
...modern and contemporary art will be housed at Allston, however. Cooper says that because the new museum might be less appealing to some than the closer 32 Quincy Street location, there will be some pieces left at the Fogg, “mostly as a signpost to tell people you can go to Allston and see more.”The HUAM staff is also working to ensure that the new location will not prevent students from taking classes at the museums.“We are trying to make plans for the best kind of shuttle service...
...Similar to a health nutritionist crafting a dietary plan, members of the Bok Center offer numerous recommendations for failing TFs—they are taught how to frame and signpost their discussions, ask follow-up questions, keep conversation on track, and are given tips on what to do with dominant or shy students...