United States President Barack Obama, who was not at Tuesday's ceremonies, sent a message saying that today there is "a different era in which the United States and Poland are close allies."

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Here the government has sent a message to executives: do not profit at the risk of harming consumers who have placed their confidence in you.

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As the richest man in the world, billionaire Carlos Slim Helu has sent a message by omission, by not agreeing to the charity pledge put forth by the next two men on the Forbes billionaires list, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

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His nonverbal signals not only mattered, they sent a powerful message that completely undermined his stated objective.

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