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.
"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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"Obviously, we're going to have to work closely together to send the signal that we're willing to tackle some tough issues, " the president said.
"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.
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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Mr Barber said it was "right to prosecute organised crime" but that "too rigid a focus will send the signal that routine exploitation will be ignored by the authorities".
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.
It can certainly, broadly, if you take those big steps, send the signal to investors that the United States government has its fiscal house in order, and that can have a very positive impact.
And one of the things that I think is quite clear is that if we send a signal from Washington that Washington works, that Washington can tackle big problems, that that will have a significantly positive impact around the globe.
And there really is, in the bill that passed the Senate, an opportunity to do some very good work for the American people, very good work for the American economy right away to send a signal that cooperation and compromise is possible.
And he just felt it was important to make sure that we took the time to do that, again, to send a signal of both respect for the culture of the country and also to be able to take in a remarkable site.
And I think one of the reasons why it would be such a good thing if an agreement could be reached on these fiscal and budget issues, is that it would send a signal that Washington can function and that compromise can happen.
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