Word: signal
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...into a weapon of their own, using it to gain access to more deadly technology and to more closely coordinate their efforts. Says former National Security Council counterterrorism expert Daniel Benjamin: "We're still in the boost phase for this kind of fusion." The attack on the Cole may signal the beginning of the blowback...
...live in a free-market economy, so the price of oil will be set by supply and demand. Any reduction of taxes on oil will just increase demand, and hence the price. If Western politicians do take steps to reduce the taxes on oil, then it will be a signal to OPEC that further increases can be applied to the price of oil. A number of well-known social and technological measures are available for reducing oil demand, but our governments lack the ability or will to use them. NEIL McCUBBIN Foster...
...value of extracurricular activities--mostly pursued through student organizations. Student groups provide a campus public good, a vital and diverse range of activities for students to become involved in. The fact that an almost overwhelming number of student groups apply for funds from the council every year is a signal of how important this aspect of the council is to students...
...Regulation is a signal of failure," he said...
...nails. A gold-medal winner in four successive Olympics, he came to Sydney as a member of the British coxless four crew that had been seeded fourth--this despite being world champions for three years and undefeated for two. But a single loss this year seemed to send the signal that Redgrave and Co. were finished at the top level...