Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Does Buchanan really use "Dukesque racial code words"? No. You just took his words out of context. What Buchanan did was to express his opinion that America is a Western nation. To illustrate his point, he merely said that one million English immigrants would probably adapt more easily to American society than would one million Zulu immigrants. Does anyone really doubt that this is true? You not only do not know what he was trying to say, you don't seem to care either...
Some partygoers seem to think that "connecting" is a mere code word for sex. When one man told us that his friend had "connected" a week earlier, we had to wonder whether he meant that his friend had found a companion or had merely "gotten lucky." Our suspicions were not unfounded--one young woman told us that she had often been propositioned by virtual strangers who casually suggest "heading upstairs and getting a room...
...bring together single people who shouldn't even walk within a ten-mile radius of one another. They come from different towns and range in age from 28 to 60. Young singles speak openly about sex, (whether or not that's what they're seeking) and older ones use code words like "connecting." Even on the most basic communicative level, Syatt's attempted matchmaking is an exceedingly difficult--if not impossible--task...
...Agency, the puzzle palace of U.S. intelligence eavesdroppers, has always preferred to stay in the shadows. But lately the nsa has been forced to edge into the light. NSA recruiters showed up at a mathematics conference in Baltimore last month openly seeking specialists in areas like numbers theory for code-breaking jobs. Only U.S. citizens need apply...
After a growing cadre of homeless people began to disrupt the quiet confines of the library, some librarians quit in protest. They said they were sick of being hassled by street people, and Kreimer in particular. So the governing board adopted a code of conduct that barred people with "offensive" bodily hygiene and banned staring at other patrons...