Word: code
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THERE are those who say that law and order are just code words for repression and bigotry. That is dangerous nonsense. Law and order are code words for goodness and decency in America." So spoke President Nixon as he explained his new crime initiatives. It was a purely Nixonian sentiment, grounded on his belief that he and the majority of Americans were resonating to the same moral pitch...
...himself invested as "maximum leader of the revolution" for another six years. A much ballyhooed scheme to grow sugar cane in the Veraguas province of west-central Panama has failed miserably because the land there is too dry for sugar production. On the other hand, a new labor code that increases workers' benefits has elevated costs and lowered productivity to such an extent that some industrial firms may be threatened with bankruptcy...
...unfortunate that the Code and Rating Administration will not let kids see it in theaters unless their parents (or "an adult guardian") can get them past Wattstax's R classification. Such a harsh rating was assigned presumably because of the scruffy slang in the film, the sort of language street kids hear and use every day. It is a part of life that they all share, but one that the censors, by some convoluted hypocrisy, would forbid them onscreen...
...coded card has one distinct advantage over a key--it's non-duplicable," he said. "If a card is lost, its code can be erased from the memory unit...
...Eliot House office has issued all students and tutors these cards, which trip the lock by a magnetic "code" within the card. When the card is placed in the reader located next to the door, the magnetic code is signaled to a computer memory unit in the chilled water plant north of the Yard. If the card's code matches the memory unit, the door is automatically unlocked. Edward Delaney, night superintendent for Eliot House, said yesterday that the door was effective Saturday night in keeping wanderers out of the House. "People who were drunk and just looking for parties...