Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed Cuban pullout from Angola to a South African withdrawal from Namibia. South Africa had not originally insisted on the Cuban withdrawal, but it subsequently fastened on the U.S. position as a delaying tactic. Last week Eagleburger fell back on the concept of "reciprocity" in the negotiations, a code word for a carefully timed agreement for the simultaneous withdrawal of South Africans from Namibia and Cubans from Angola. While U.N. diplomats involved in the Namibia negotiations down-played the importance of Eagleburger's statement, officials in South Africa privately welcomed it. They interpreted it as a U.S. acknowledgment that...
TIME has learned that among the documents seized were lists of code names, like those a bookie would keep to identify bettors. One name recorded was "Mr. McGoo," a sometime pseudonym for Governor Brown when he placed bets, according to an official involved in the case. Brown, whose wealth is estimated at $30 million, concedes that he made wagers with Lambert. Brown also admits that he withdrew $1.3 million in cash during 1981 and 1982 from a Miami bank, much of it to cover gambling losses. Said he last week: "I spent some of it, saved some...
...most sophisticated facility is its Maximum Containment Laboratory, which handles highly lethal diseases that have no known antidotes. Workers, all of whom are volunteers, must punch in a code to open the outer shell of the lab; after a trip through a chemical-shower chamber, they must provide another personal number to gain access to the pressurized inner sanctum. There the scientists wear seamless blue space suits, equipped with their own air filtration systems, to work with some of the world's most lethal microbes, including those that cause Lassa fever and Ebola virus, two maladies that produce severe internal...
...missionary fresh out of Yale Divinity School, tries to escape his past by joining up with a gang of bandits. Vera Rogacheva, a beautiful White Russian, attempts to escape her future by surviving with the help of sex and guile. Tang, a Chinese general, still observes the ancient code of honor in a world where that concept has little place. As richly textured as a tapestry, The Warlord captures both the essence of Asia and the sweeping panorama of a people trapped between the ancient grinding forces of hollow tradition and heartless change...
...other was the preliminary but convincing approval at the final council meeting of an amendment mitigating the city's strict condominium conversion code by allowing tenants in some rent-controlled apartments to buy their building as a cooperative, but prevents them from making a profit by it. The idea was to allow low-income citizens to own a home and to insure that the units are always low priced...