Both ministers had in private signalled their plans to retire from politics before the election.
His father is the chairman of Private Signals, an investment management and venture capital firm in Boston.
Although their rhetoric continued to call for Israel's destruction, moderate leaders sent private signals indicating a willingness to compromise.
In the past, a company that big might have been able to nudge down investor expectations by spoon-feeding private signals to analysts before the earnings announcement.
Broadcasting, electronic transmission of radio and television signals that are intended for general public reception, as distinguished from private signals that are directed to specific receivers.
But over the weekend, with his election victory looking likely, Mr. Maduro sent a private signal to Washington that he was ready to turn the page.
By William Huhn and E. B. White The New Yorker, September 19 , 1931 P. 11Two pennants shown on the glasses used in advertisements of Hoffman's Lime Dry -- one the private signal of J.P. Morgan, the other that of the New York Yacht Club.
Which is why I seem to be waiting for some sign from him, some private signal, for we've always been so close that a single thought can pass between us, like a glance.
In his memoir, "In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to Six Cold War Presidents," Mr. Dobrynin remarks on the confusion caused by the president's aggressive public statements and his private signals seeking normal relations, the first of which he sent during a secret two-hour conversation with the ambassador at the White House on Feb. 15, 1983.
We ask: does the sender benefit from becoming an expert — observing a private signal prior to her selection?
