During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, some British officials suggested restoring Peshawar to Dost Mohammad, in return for his support against the rebellious sepoys of the Bengal Army, but this view was rejected by British political officers on the North West frontier, who believed that Dost Mohammad would see this as a sign of weakness and turn against the British.

More broadly the term is used in a wide number of contexts for an image, picture, or representation ; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it either concretely or by analogy, as in semiotics ; by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general sense of symbol — i. e. a name, face, picture, edifice or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities: one thing, an image or depiction, that represents something else of greater significance through literal or figurative meaning, usually associated with religious, cultural, political, or economic standing.

After a failed attempt to sign an anti-German military alliance with France and Britain and talks with Germany regarding a potential political deal, on 23 August 1939, the Soviet Union entered into a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany, negotiated by Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Before going to Egypt, he grew a beard, which is a sign of a devout Muslim, but was also seen as a political gesture.

Strauss however sees this also as a sign of major innovation in Machiavelli, because classical materialists did not share the Socratic regard for political life, while Machiavelli clearly did.

On the conclusion of talks in London, Britain agreed to grant Sierra Leone Independence on the 27 of April 1961. however, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens was the only delegate who refused to sign Sierra Leone's declaration of Independendence on the grounds that there had been a secret defence pact between Sierra Leone and Britain ; another point of contention by Stevens was the Sierra Leonean government's position that there would be no elections held before independence which would effectively shut him out of Sierra Leone's political process.

Arafat's long personal and political survival was taken by most Western commentators as a sign of his mastery of asymmetric warfare and his skill as a tactician, given the extremely dangerous nature of politics of the Middle East and the frequency of assassinations.

# There are questions regarding the civil and political rights of alters, particularly which alter can legally represent the person, sign a contract or vote.

His decision to put off the election, at the time, seen by many as a sign of his domination of the political scene and he ridiculed his opponents by singing old-time music hall star Vesta Victoria's song " Waiting at the Church " at that month's Trades Union Congress meeting: now seen as one of the greatest moments of hubris in modern British politics, but celebrated at the time.

However, Shomaly goes onto state that there is no systematic recruitment and that senior representatives of the groups and the Palestinian community are against the recruitment of children as a political strategy, although in Shomaly's opinion the political leadership of the Palestinians could do more to discourage the use of children by paramilitaries by requesting that the leadership of the paramilitaries sign a memorandum forbidding the training and recruitment of children.

The Nobel Peace Prize is not a sign of an internal political struggle, but of understanding between peoples.

As a sign of the decline in the political status of the Xiongnu, Emperor Yuan refused, giving him instead five ladies-in-waiting.

During her husband's lifetime Marie showed little sign of political acumen, and her abilities scarcely improved after she assumed the regency.

Hornblower asserts that " it is a sign of Epaminondas political failure, even before the battle of Mantinea, that his Peloponnesian allies fought to reject Sparta rather than because of the positive attractions of Thebes ".

On the nuclear attacks on Japan in WWII, he adhered to the view that " there was even less sign of a crack in Japan's determination to fight to the end with that of Nazi Germany, which is why nuclear arms were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to ensure a rapid Japanese surrender ", though believed there was an ancillary political, non-military reason for the bombings: " perhaps the thought that it would prevent America's ally the USSR from establishing a claim to a major part in Japan's defeat was not absent from the minds of the US government either.

For a long time Kampen did not want to sign a union and make economic and political concessions to other cities, as was usual in the Hanseatic League.

His use of the knights, who appear for the first time in political life, is the first sign of the rise of this class who, either as members of parliament or justices of the peace, later became the mainstay of English government.

After his re-election, Chirac wished to give a sign of political renewal.

Craig had made his career in British as well as Northern Irish politics ; but his premiership showed little sign of his earlier close acquaintance with the British political world.

Two months before Tone's essay, a meeting had been held in Belfast, where republican toasts had been drunk and a resolution in favour of the abolition of religious disqualifications gave the first sign of political sympathy between the Roman Catholics and the Protestant dissenters (" Whigs ") of the north.

He argues that the ultimate sign a civilization has broken down is when the dominant minority forms a " universal state ", which stifles political creativity within the existing social order.

The Jesuits, who then enjoyed predominant political and theological power ( including a personal confessor to the King of France ), then persuaded the Pope to force all Jansenists to sign a formulary leading them to admit the papal bull and to confess to their errors.

Although Izetbegović regarded them as symbolically valuable as a sign of the Muslim world's support for Bosnia, they appear to have made little military difference and became a major political liability.

Together with Betancourt, Jóvito Villalba, leader and founder of Unión Republicana Democrática ( URD ), and other political leaders, he elaborated and signed the Punto Fijo Pact, ( named after Caldera's house, which was the site chosen by the leaders to sign the document ).

Thelonious Monk enthusiastically encouraged Orrin Keepnews of Riverside Records to sign the young tenor, but before he could act Blue Note Records had signed Griffin.

They consider it simply a sign of our times.

However, there is an interesting contrast between the belief that exposure of signs to a hearing infant will aid them in language development, whereas a deaf infant at times must show the inability to learn an oral language before they are taught sign language.

A sign showing the service times of a Christadelphian ecclesia in Buffalo, New York.

She spoke privately many times with her husband, but was unsuccessful in convincing him not to sign it.

However, during times of emergencies when the Roman Republic declared a dictatorship ( dictatura ), lictors attending to the dictator kept the axe-blades even inside the Pomerium — a sign that the dictator had the ultimate power in his own hands.

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In a sign of the times, Franco practiced his Mussolini-style, spellbinding oratory from a balcony.

The number of charges is specified after the sign ( except if there is one only ); however, it is also possible write the sign as many times as the ion has charges: instead of " Ti + 4 ", one can also write " Ti ++++" ( Titanium IV, Ti < sup > 4 +</ sup >).

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.

In modern times, some activists who commit civil disobedience as a group collectively refuse to sign bail until certain demands are met, such as favorable bail conditions, or the release of all the activists.

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 process can be repeated many times ; typically several hundred impressions ( copies ) could be printed before the plate shows much sign of wear.

The process can be repeated many times ; typically several hundred impressions ( copies ) could be printed before the printing plate shows much sign of wear, except when drypoint, which gives much shallower lines, is used.

As a sign of respect, there is a boulevard in Varna, called Vladislav Varnenchik, a residential district in Varna with the same name, as well as a successful football team named Vladislav Varna in past times.

Legend says in those 13 years, he passed by his house three times without going in, which is a sign of his perseverance in his work.

During the Second World War, Germany asked Finland several times to sign the pact, but always the Finnish government declined the offer.

In recent times, a milder form of the rip, ' sign for information ', colloquially known as an " info ", has been introduced, which must also be signed by the boy's housemaster and tutor.

sakīnah is mentioned six times in the Quran, in chapters 2, 9 and 48. Their prophet said to them: " The sign of his kingship is that the Ark will come to you in which there is tranquility from your Lord and a relic from the family of Moses and the family of Aaron, borne by the angels.

A sign in California showing the distance to Wilmington, North Carolina has been stolen several times, but as of June 2012, the sign was in place.

In post-Biblical times, the shofar was enhanced in its religious use because of the ban on playing musical instruments as a sign of mourning for the destruction of the temple.

This is referenced numerous times within Cambria County, Pennsylvania documents by the notation that Godfrey Wilmore wrote the document and witnessed it by his signature, whereas the other parties sign by their mark “ X “.

The old tavern, long since vanished with its round swinging sign and low bar-room, one corner of which, fortified with long pine-pickets, extended from the bar to the very ceiling, in times of yore, was owned successively by Wm.

There are times that a person's blood pressure may remain stable, but may still be in circulatory shock, so it is not always a sign.