Word: signs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tycoon, he is also an inspirational symbol -- the first black businessmen to gain full access to the giant pools of capital on Wall Street. Says Earl Graves, publisher of Black Enterprise: "The Reg Lewis deal will be recorded in the pages of black business history as a landmark, a sign of change...
...even he must appreciate the propitious timing of the latest Central American peace proposal. Often cited as the showcase of U.S. efforts to bolster democracy in Central America, El Salvador is in deepening trouble. The civil war that has claimed 70,000 lives in eight years shows no sign of winding down. A much heralded campaign to revive the economy has foundered. Even the President's most striking accomplishment, the sharp reduction in killings by right-wing Salvadoran death squads, has been compromised by a recent spate of murders of peasants who were linked to the guerrillas. As a result...
Apparently neither Aspillaga nor Del Pino knew the other planned to defect. Analysts viewed their actions as a sign of growing unease within Cuba, as the economy continues to fizzle and Castro seeks to impose increasingly harsh austerity measures. Persistent but unconfirmed reports circulated last week that the U.S. had granted asylum to a third disgruntled Cuban official. Said a U.S. diplomat: "After 27 years, they have realized that Fidel has ruined Cuba...
...Washington the Reagan Administration pointedly declined to discuss the encounter, but the White House seemed mildly embarrassed that the Sparrows had missed their targets. "That's not a good sign," said National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger even refused to confirm that the attack had occurred. Said he: "Our whole effort here is not to provoke, not to get into a war, not to do anything of the kind." White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater perfectly captured the absurdity of the Administration's refusal to talk about the episode. After acknowledging that "the President was informed soon after...
...numbers of Jewish students increased, Columbia, in concert with other leading private universities, redifined academic prestige. Butler developed the notion of 'selective admission,' a concept that turned the old basis of prestige on its head. Now the sign of leadership was the number of qualified students turned away...