Even so, the sensible new rules send a reassuring signal that the new President is serious.

The act could, however, send a reassuring signal to investors that the Fed is prepared to step in as needed to keep financial markets on an even keel.

As long as Mr. Rubin keeps sending reassuring signals that he can meet the next payment, that view is unlikely to change.

The night he died, she tells James, she received a reassuring signal from a passing ship by flashing Morse code.

And they ask it about world financial fragility: Instead of eagerly flashing a reassuring bipartisan signal, the President answers vaguely, grudgingly.

"Perhaps I will have a chance to utter a few words there, or at least make a reassuring signal," said Gersen.

I had to force myself to keep breathing with each step from Gairloch, to keep patting him and sending reassuring signals to him.

It would be a strong, reassuring signal if you made a commitment to implementing a risk reduction policy for all polybromodiphenyl ethers without delay.

There are no reassuring signals.

That is why we need dialogue and reassuring signals, just as we need the decision makers to act swiftly and decisively in potential problem situations.