Word: coding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Reverend Mr. Perkins recalled Herrick's warmth and generosity (it was his custom to donate a shell to the crew every year) and his strict following of the sportsman's code...
...technicians, mechanics, too late. Yet with basic, elementary instruction they can qualify as specialists in communication and repair. No amount of theoretical physics can teach these men their skills now; what they need are practical courses in the operation of tools and machinery, or in the transmission of Morse code and in the fundamentals of communication apparatus...
...University now offers no training of this kind. The Psychological Laboratory is sponsoring a course in Continental code; a neighboring high school presents an evening course in the repair of airplane engines. But these are not of University calibre. The former, primarily designed as a psychological experiment, gives only skeleton instruction that does not touch on the mechanics of radio. The latter is so informal that the school authorities themselves admit its value is questionable...
...code of Bushido Standish describes as a synthetic article, manufactured by the Furenos and friends to reconcile the old samurai code of honor with the dishonorable course they think Japan must pursue. Anything goes in Bushido. After the old generations of simple-minded warriors are dead, no one but the long-suffering Japanese women remain to oppose the treachery by which the brandy-bibbing, geisha-gluttonous Fureno circle plots to overwhelm Asia and fight it out with America...
...wave length slightly in mid-broadcast; by the time the jamming station catches up to it, it may be on the move again. Furthermore, BBC's European Service at the end of its 16-hour day of broadcasts in 24 languages slowly taps out the news in Morse code (almost jam-proof). Bootleg "freedom" stations leap from one frequency to another, when, where and how they please. They often spend a 15-minute news period repeating four sentences over & over again, confident that if listeners catch an occasional word they will be able to piece the message together like...