Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...increasingly popular Democratic idea would reform, in a massive way, the complexities and inequities of the tax code. The Bradley-Gephardt tax reform bill would eliminate all but the most basic deductions (home mortgages, charity, payments to retirement plans) and offer instead reduced yet still graduated tax rates of 14% to 30%. "It would allow Democrats to argue for economic growth through lower tax rates and fairness through closing loopholes, and it would raise an additional $25 billion to $30 billion over three years," declares Senator Bradley...
...significant bargaining chip and leaves in the lurch those fighters who had come to rely on the U.S. But even Reagan's staunchest supporters now concede that the covert program could be coming to an end. "I have been here long enough to know what all these code words mean," said Republican John East of North Carolina. "It's over...
...code was changed by TRW as soon as it learned of the security breach, and it was not known how much damage, if any, had been done by unauthorized use of credit information. The potential was immense. Using the password, plus other easily available information, a person could display anyone's credit history to obtain credit-card numbers. Those could be used to order merchandise by mail...
...Information Services in Orange, Calif., the largest credit-reporting agency in the U.S., keeps credit histories of some 90 million Americans. Access to its files is gained with a computer password, actually a number code. Last week TRW officials confirmed that an account password had been filched from one of its creditor subscribers, a West Coast Sears store. It was then posted on so-called electronic bulletin boards, which almost any computer enthusiast can hook into through phone lines...
Such hype is also the problem with Vengeance. Its author, George Jonas, a Canadian writer and radio producer, satisfied himself that the Israeli's story could be believed, though he is less sure that the supposed secret agent, code-named "Avner," was, as he claimed, leader of the mission. In his foreword, Jonas acknowledges that much of the tale rests on the unverified claims of one man and concedes that the book uses "reconstructed" dialogue. None of these caveats is suggested in the title page's promise of "the true story...