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Word: code (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...investigation was code-named White Mare, a name inspired by the color of the drug and the fact that heroin is often known as horse on the street. Drug experts called the FBI's penetration of a tightly knit Asian drug operation a major coup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Riding a White Mare | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...chemical plant, he says he is sure it was not designed to turn out chemical weapons. "In four years, sitting with the engineers and technical people on committees, nobody has mentioned or hinted that something secret is there," he says. In fact, he argues, one Rabta building, code-named Pharma 150 and reportedly the center for poison-gas manufacture, was not even included in his original design. "I draw the site plan myself -- my hand," declares Barbouti, adding that Pharma 150 was built sometime in 1987, after he completed his work at Rabta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chemical Weapons The Mysterious | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

Billy succeeds because he perceives the moral code that motivates the gang. The toughs, Bathgate notes, operate under a "pure inverted premise" of crime as a lifestyle, under which conventional morality still lurks. And although Billy does not accept this philosophy, "it was the premise I had to work...

Author: By Samantha L. Heller, | Title: A Rhythmic Tale of a Young Gangster's Life | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

...Doctorow has adopted Bathgate's code, he amazes with his dexterity. From a Saratoga racetrack to a Bronx orphanage, he manipulates scene and language, and his freedom of form is the product and proof of great control...

Author: By Samantha L. Heller, | Title: A Rhythmic Tale of a Young Gangster's Life | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

...jobs to lure lonely Marines into espionage. But, says Kessler, the Navy bungled its probe, only one Marine was convicted of spying, and embarrassed U.S. agencies tried to play down the damage. In fact, he claims, there is solid evidence that Soviet agents had been admitted to the inner code rooms and stole some of America's most sensitive secrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

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