Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even before the FBI closed in on Ames and his wife, Woolsey faced a full plate of policy and management problems. Now that the cold war is over and the threat of thermonuclear war is dramatically reduced, the three major intelligence organizations -- his own CIA, the code-breaking National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency -- are under orders from Congress to reduce their staffs at least 17.5% by October 1996. And in the midst of the shrinkage, the agencies are being redirected and remodeled in ways that have been unthinkable since World War II, when the national-security establishment...
Regional biases, however, seem to be a thing of the past. "Pretty N.B. but seemed a little on the cocky side," a Porc member wrote of Adrian David Ashkenazy '96, who hails from the 90210 area code of Beverly Hills, Calif. "Pretty laid-back and must be cool. From Cali...
...letter about someone who's having a hard time juggling homework and a job, and he's crying out for help, I hear that slow, sad music of humanity in the background. When I read about this girl who likes her perfect, but she knows that breaks the prefect code and she want to share the pain with someone who cares, I'm there, Norma. I care. No more of this Captain, Norma. I say, make him walk the plank. Cares in Currier...
...street-gang members. This is partly a recruiting tactic. But it can turn around lost lives. N.A.A.C.P. president Chavis, who played a role in bringing together Farrakhan and the Congressional Black Caucus, sees substance abuse as devastating the black community, and he credits the Nation of Islam's strict code of behavior with providing effective rescue. The issue carries personal urgency for Chavis: he has an alcoholic daughter and a son who was using crack cocaine...
...addition to "manhood training" classes to learn the history of the black man, the code of discipline of the Nation of Islam and rules about how to behave and dress (coat and bow tie at virtually all times), men must prove themselves by selling the sect's newspaper, the Final Call, on street corners. Their sales totals directly affect their standing. In some cities, recruits still sell the group's trademark bean pies...