Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...used to have a little code of honor that I wouldn't campaign in certain wards because certain people would live there," Danehy says. But now, he adds, "I'm campaigning anywhere and everywhere...
Meanwhile Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced that the FAA will require the 14 largest air carriers to report how often each flight is more than 15 minutes late for any cause except a mechanical problem. The flights will then be assigned a code that will show up on the computers of ticket and travel agents; travelers who ask will be given some idea of the reliability of the schedule for each flight. Similar reports will be required on the frequency of lost, delayed, damaged or pilfered baggage...
...secret army was organized, some of the operations it conducted and the troubles it encountered. Its small, specially trained units are designed to operate far more covertly than older elite paramilitary units, such as the Army's Rangers and the Navy's Seals. They have been given exotic code names, such as Yellow Fruit, Task Force 160 and Seaspray. New types of equipment have been developed for them, including small, high-tech helicopters and one-man satellite- & communications radios and dishes. In addition, a far-ranging intelligence organization known as Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) gave the Army for the first...
...After the Desert One debacle in 1980, the Pentagon planned in considerable detail a second operation, code-named Honey Badger, to rescue the Americans held in the Tehran embassy; it was never carried out because of inadequate intelligence...
...following year, ISA and Seaspray worked together on a mission, code- named Queens Hunter, to locate leftist guerrilla forces in El Salvador by monitoring their radio transmissions. Seaspray pilots flew planes from Honduras to track the transmitters electronically; ISA agents rode along to operate the airborne radio equipment. Although the operation was planned to last only a month, it picked up so much useful information on where the guerrillas were hiding that it was extended for three years...