signal event

signal event

Public health An event, usually man-made, in which there is a tremendous 'signal,' often in the form of a 'disaster,' eg Love Canal or the Libby Zion case, which engenders multiple 'ripple' effects of legislation and 'landmark' legal cases, due in part to a popular outcry against prevailing policies that were inadequate or incapable of addressing the event. See Libby Zion, Love canal, Sentinel event.
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Although technologists mark this as a signal event of the 20th century, it initially seemed a real blow for chess professionals.
Why human chess has survived the advent of the computer
Although technologists mark this as a signal event of the twentieth century, it initially seemed a real blow for chess professionals.
Why human chess survives
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Since all those devotees will be spending many hours and even days waiting for that signal event, "With Love, Pope Francis" will have multiple performances each day from Jan.
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Health care is on everyone's mind, and the launching of Montana's Health Insurance Marketplace is a signal event. At the University of Montana we are intimately involved in discussion about the future of health care, and the Bureau of Business and Economic Research is one of the groups leading the way.
Message from provost Perry Brown
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All eyes are on Boston
Meaney conclusively demonstrates that the Great War had a long and lasting effect on Australian policy and his argument that the plebiscites on conscription were "a signal event in the history of Australia's relations with the world" (p.
A History of Australian Defence and Foreign Policy 1901-1921: Australia and World Crisis 1914-1923 (Vol. 2)
His Three Leaf Pieces, 1968, involved placing large amounts of leaves at three Manhattan galleries on a date chosen to coincide with the opening of "9 at Leo Castelli." Although Ferrer had not been invited to participate in that signal event, he was permitted, in a last-minute compromise, to cover the flights of stairs leading to the exhibition with leaves.
Rafael Ferrer: El Museo Del Barrio, New York
We look forward to another successful year of participation at this signal event,' he added.
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is a signal event in the company's 108-year history, confirming, as it does, a newfound willingness on the part of the people who run the drug chain to rethink the business of retail pharmacy.
A catalyst for change

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