Point No. 2 is that Mayer clearly has issued this edict to send a signal.
It would send a signal of American weakness to Iran, which the Obama Administration says it wishes to engage.
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But it could send a signal of decisiveness: of a clear agenda and a crisp tempo of decisions upcoming.
That, like Indonesia's slow-motion civic rehab, would send a signal throughout Southeast Asia.
Like the Hawk-Eye system it uses a computer to send a signal to the referee's watch when a goal is scored.
Is the President contemplating vetoing this to send a signal to his fellow Democrats that it's time to cut the spending?
"The development of this weapon is not intended to send a signal to any one particular country, " Pentagon press secretary George Little said.
Lincoln recognized that completing the Capitol Dome would send a signal to the nation and the world about a strong United States.
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So too, going solar on the White House would send a signal that would be heard not only throughout the nation and the world.
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And that in turn could send a signal that domestic political and economic protectionist interests will ultimately trump truly free trade ideals in Washington.
"We believe it does send a signal to the federal government and other states, " said Armand Cohen, the director of the Boston-based Clean Air Task Force.
So it was very important for us to send a signal to the region that allies are going to continue to be the foundation of our approach.
And it would send a signal broadly to the American people that we can take action on the things at the very least that we agree on.
Another headache is possible "moral hazard", in that helping Greece would send a signal to other financially weak countries that they need not make tough spending decisions.
When Katie Couric took over the "CBS Evening News" in 2006, she at first began each broadcast with "Hi, everyone, " to send a signal of friendliness and non-pontification.
Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would send a signal to our enemies that if they wait long enough, America will cut and run and abandon its friends.
But by early October, the regulators were eager to send a signal they had a handle on the crisis and to force weaker banks to bolster their capital.
Nottinghamshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Sean Price said the guns were necessary to send a signal to rival gangs that the police were serious about tackling drug-related crime.
The TSA exists to send a signal about who is in charge, and it is to present the illusion that the government is doing something to keep us safe.
And once that desired state is achieved, the included IR transmitter (which plugs into your smartphone or tablet), will send a signal to the Orbit, effectively giving it flight.
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Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would send a signal to our enemies that if they wait long enough, America will cut and run and abandon its friends.
This could send a signal that, Bush v Gore notwithstanding, the justices still consider that state election disputes are not a matter for the highest court in the land.
Or Murdoch may just want to send a signal to DirecTV that it's not the only game in town and that any News Corp. deal will be priced accordingly.
And that we can actually accomplish without huge changes in revenue or significant changes in entitlements, but we could still send a signal that we are serious about this problem.
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Or did Girardi and Cashman send a signal to their team that things were truly desperate and the only way the Yankees had a shot was by shaking things up?
The problem is that if you send a signal by, say, firing off a flare, you're supposed to aim the flare well over the heads of the folks in the lifeboat.
So nationalist voters want to send a signal to both main British parties, as well as to strengthen those republicans who want to follow a political rather than a violent path.
"If Congress fails to approve this agreement, it would not only abandon a brave ally--it would send a signal throughout the region that America cannot be counted on to support its friends, " Bush said.
However, Labour MP Paul Flynn said it would send a signal for other countries to do the same in defence of their own traditions, "and those traditions are to oppress their prisoners and to ignore human rights".
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