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sign and growing
Near Independence, Missouri, it was taken as a sign to push the growing Mormon community out of the area.
And change is the clearest sign that the musical is still a living, growing genre.
The demonstration was seen as a sign of the growing status of China, while the CMC Chairman, Hu Jintao, indicated that China is neither seeking regional hegemony nor entering an arms race.
The new Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mogadishu, a sign of growing business confidence.
In recent times, separatist aspirations have been growing again in Nigeria, not only by the indigenous people of Biafra but also by other ethnic groups both in the North and in the South, giving a clear sign that Nigeria may not remain the same, but will either be restructured to guarantee self-governance to the six geopolitical regions similar to the Aburi Accord 1967 or break up, disintegrate and go into oblivion like one of the ancient empires we read in history.
The appointment of the social scientist to the mostly humanistic faculty was an important sign of the change of times, and the growing importance and recognition of the social sciences.
The uprising failed, but it was the first sign of the independent spirit that was growing among the criollos, mestizos and natives of Paraguay.
Although the Red Army, commanded by Trotsky, crossed the ice over the frozen Baltic Sea to quickly crush the rebellion, this sign of growing discontent forced the party to foster a broad alliance of the working class and peasantry ( 80 % of the population ), despite left factions of the party which favored a regime solely representative of the interests of the revolutionary proletariat.
It is a sign of the growing power of a third force next to church and nobility, i. e. citizens.
Mothers especially seem to value a child's belief as a sign that their " baby " is still a child and is not " growing up too soon ".
", photographer Charles Peterson recalls that when he was growing up in Bothell the sign welcoming people to the town read " Welcome to Bothell, for a day or a lifetime ," and an unknown person spray-painted over the " Bot " so that the sign would read " Welcome to hell, for a day or a lifetime.
The news of his elevation was well received by Catholics and non-Catholics alike, and was viewed as a sign of the growing prestige of the United States.
A growing sign of Soane's success was an invitation to become a member of the Architects ' Club that was formed on 20 October 1791, practically all the leading practitioners in London were members, and it combined a meeting to discuss professional matters, at 5: 00 p. m. on the first Thursday of every month with a dinner.
Opinions on whether this is a sign of growing integration differ.
During this period the organisation of the governors of the People's Palace was rearranged, creating the separate People's Palace Committee and East London College Committee, both under the Palace Governors, as a sign of the growing separation of the two concepts within a single complex.
Each year since 2002 Lionel has increased the number of American Flyer offerings, a sign the demand for 3 / 16 " S gauge is growing.
And these processes, going on only on a part of the territory of G. D. L., were a sign of a growing modern Lithuania.
Biosemiotics ( from the Greek bios meaning " life " and semeion meaning " sign ") is a growing field that studies the production, action and, interpretation of signs and codes in the biological realm.
A sign of growing interest in snooker's resurgence came when Ladbrokes held a gala evening towards the end of 1973 to celebrate its £ 8000 investment into the game in the 1973 / 4 season.
In 1817 she started growing ill, with gastrointestinal symptoms that were probably a sign of either a severe ulcer or stomach cancer.
Anderson was a regular listener and, a sign of Perry and Price's growing influence, was the first major person to call the show during the broadcast, in effect signaling how relevant they were to local culture and politics.
On 9 April 2007 the national team was featured at their first training camp since Kirwan's appointment in the NHK national news, a sign of the growing expectation and interest in his team.
Despite their growing success, Schwarz Stein disbanded in March 2004, and Mana has since been looking for new bands to sign and produce.

sign and discontent
Under the interdict, Church sacraments including marriage and consecrated burial are probably stopped, but there is no sign of the popular discontent which interdicts are intended to produce over the next several years.
The discontent reported by the chronicles may have been the result of hindsight, however ; there is no sign that the established nobility objected to the ennoblement of Gaveston at the time.
This discontent appears to have been fostered by the talk with the American traders, although it was an idea that had existed since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi ; William Colenso, the CMS missionary printer, in his record of the events of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi commented that “ fter some little time Te Kemara came towards the table and affixed his sign to the parchment, stating that the Roman Catholic bishop ( who had left the meeting before any of the chiefs had signed ) had told him " not to write on the paper, for if he did he would be made a slave.
The survivors were under the supervision of the OGPU / NKVD, cruelly punished for any sign of discontent.
The writings of the philosophers such as Voltaire were a clear sign of discontent, but the king chose to ignore them.
However, the number condemned was limited by Theodosius who forbade wider investigations in order to minimise recriminations, perhaps a sign that discontent was uncomfortably widespread.
The writings of the philosophes such as Voltaire were a clear sign of discontent, but the king chose to ignore them.

sign and was
There was no real sign of the river now, just a roiling, oily ribbon of liquid movement through muddy waters that reached everywhere.
At this moment Mando came hurrying up to announce that the problem was solved and all Norton had to do was to sign a sheaf of papers.
Another optimistic sign, this one from the Labor Department, was the report that the long rise in unemployment compensation payments `` was interrupted for the first time in the week ending Feb. 25 ''.
The promoter who wanted to sign him up for the circus asked him how he was able to do it.
For the oyabun to make such a trip was either a sign of great weakness or an indication of equally great confidence, and from all the available information it was probably the latter.
Coaching had declined considerably by 1905, but the sign was still there, near the old Wells Fargo building in San Francisco, creaking in the fog as it had for thirty years.
When I looked up the actual date of his birth and found it to be March 15th, I realized that Roy was born under the right zodiacal sign for a watercolorist: the water sign of Pisces ( February 18 thru March 20 ).
the art of preprinting in distortion was similarly perfected by the sign makers ; ;
Of interest is a recent announcement by Du Pont's Polychemicals Dept. of a new methyl methacrylate monomer designated as Monocite H 100, which was developed specifically for production of cast acrylic sheets for the sign and lighting industry.
The gruesome humor of the Nazis was not forgotten -- the gas chamber with a sign on it with the name of a Jewish foundation and bearing a copper Star of David -- nor the gratuitous sadism of SS officers.
What was that old sign, supposed to be painted over a door somewhere, Abandon hope, all ye who enter here??
There was no sign of Mrs. Lauren Payne at her house on Nod Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
The room was dark but a neon sign flashed and faded beyond the window.
When the neon sign flashed on, the shadow was still there.
But it was a hopeful sign, he told himself.
`` Well I was able to do it '', Charlotte said with no sign of irritation.
The trouble with them was that they almost never worked, and in fact an agreement `` in principle '' historically turned out to be a sure sign that neither party really wanted the quarrel settled.
During the 1960s the use of manual sign language grew greatly, but it was not until the 1980s that AAC began to emerge as an area in its own right.
Black sign language was born out of this isolation.
Other languages, such as Thai Sign Language, developed as a creole of ASL and indigenous sign ; a similar situation may have occurred with Malaysian Sign Language, which in turn was the base of Indonesian Sign Language.
The large sign, formerly reading " University of Lawsonomy ", was a familiar landmark for motorists in the region for many years and was visible from I-94 about 13 miles north of the Illinois state line, on the east side of the highway.

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