Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was just one little catch. The shop was a sting operation code-named Western Sizzler and run by Birmingham police, and the customers were thieves looking to make a quick buck on stolen goods. Johnny was Johnny Samaniego, 34, a squat, bearded undercover narcotics agent on loan from the Tuscaloosa police department. With his gift for gab, Johnny would lure the thieves into talking about their crimes and giving their names and addresses. "Where did you steal it?" Johnny would ask. Eager to brag, many would supply the full details, even showing off the tools they used...
...social stratification in Santiago is reminiscent of apartheid in South Africa. The upper city of neat shops and bright ads is predominantly populated with people of European descent, the lower city with a more indigenous population. The boundaries are not enforced by any legal code, but their effect is just as pronounced...
...build a computerized name list for future direct-mail solicitation. One prominent evangelist, Oregon-based Hispanic Luis Palau, complains with some justification, "When you try to talk to somebody about Jesus Christ in America, they immediately think all you want is to get their name, address and ZIP code...
...personal incomes. An inveterate financial secrecy exacerbates the air of suspicion. In a move designed to allay donor skepticism and head off possible Government intervention, leaders of nondenominational ministries in 1979 formed the Evangelical Council for Financial Responsibility. The council certifies that its associated fund seekers fulfill a simple code of ethics. But of the seven major TV ministers, only Graham and Bakker are members...
...expected we do the right thing." That was Martin Light's description of the simple code he followed during his 15 years as an attorney for the Mafia. And what exactly was the right thing? Counseling mobsters to perjure themselves, take the Fifth Amendment and destroy evidence; helping them to intimidate witnesses and jurors; paying off judges, prosecutors and police officials; and even fingering clients as suspected informants. "To do the right thing means to protect the family," explained Light. "It's a way of life...