Word: coded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...together one of the finest collections of old masters in existence (TIME, Feb. 14,1949). Neither of his distinctions was achieved without a knowledge of the ground rules. Last week, to get some ground rules changed, Collector Gulbenkian had the busy U.S. Congress amending the Internal Revenue Code for him. The change would also work out for the benefit of U.S. art lovers...
...needles for the pilot to watch: a "to-or-from" needle and a "left-or-right" needle. The pilot's first step in "omnigation" is to tune his set to the nearest omni's frequency and wait for it to identify itself by voice or code. Then he looks at his to-or-from needle, which tells him at once whether he is heading toward or away from the omni...
...there the conviction sprang up that the time for Christ's return was close at hand. The Seventh Day Adventists, so-called because they celebrated the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday), set no date for the second coming, and they avoided a set creed. But Adventists adhere to a strict code: no unnecessary work on the Sabbath, no bearing arms (though they will serve in noncombat branches in wartime), and plenty of fervent evangelizing...
...novel, Blood Brother, the picture is a fictionalized account of war & peace between the Chiricahua Apaches and Arizona settlers in the 18703. Instead of the blood-lusting savages who whoop endlessly across the U.S. screen, its Indians are proud, dignified warriors with their own cultural tradition, a stern code of honor and a justified hatred of the white invaders. Their tribal chief, Cochise (well played by Jeff Chandler), is an able strategist and a wise statesman. The story works up such sympathy and respect for him and his tribe, and such distrust of their ignorant, arrogant enemies, that most moviegoers...
...muggy summers the Harps never knew what to do with themselves. They wandered the streets at night, robbing stores and jumping drunks. They fought with neighboring gangs, ostensibly because their territory had been invaded, but mostly because they were bored and unhappy. All the while they lived by the code of the adolescent lower depths: never show fear, always act tough...