Word: coded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such maneuvers, East or West, Okean 1975 had another aim as well. Gorshkov, whose code name during the exercise was "Seagull," observed it aboard a warship in the Barents Sea, along with Soviet Defense Minister Andrei Grechko. They obviously meant to impress the Politburo as well as the West with the capability and reach of Soviet forces. One fallout from the first Okean exercise, for instance, was the decision to upgrade the Soviet carrier forces. Their third and most sophisticated carrier, the 35,000-ton Kiev, is now outfitting in the Black Sea port of Nikolayev and will undergo...
Wolk said tenants could participate in the action either by withholding payment of the increase or by reporting serious uncorrected building code violations and then legally withholding the full rent...
...maintaining housing quality seems, however, both unreasonable and unrealistic. The tenant's ability to put pressure on his landlord is limited by his interest and, more importantly, his understanding of rent control. In any case, the Harbridge House's own statistics on the increasing number of reported housing code violations suggests that housing quality is indeed declining. A quick drive in the Central Square area of Cambridge, down such streets as Broadway. Columbia or Brookline, confirms this suggestion and presents a dramatic picture of relatively recent housing deterioration...
Despite his wealth and power, Faisal lived simply and ascetically; his code was the Koran and his customs those of a Bedouin Arab. He neither smoked nor drank, prayed five times a day, and was anxiously concerned with the welfare of his subjects. Thus he continued the tradition of the majlis, or weekly royal audience, at which Saudis were free to approach their King with a message or a petition. No matter how farfetched or long-winded the complaints, Faisal would listen patiently. "If anyone feels wrongly treated, he has only himself to blame for not telling me," he said...
Adams was jailed for more than two months without being formally charged, an archaic holdover from the harsh Napoleonic code. He was released on $9,750 bail (paid by the EEC) two weeks ago, but while he was in prison in January, his depressed wife committed suicide; the Swiss would not let Adams out of jail for her burial. Roche lawyers also said they regard Schlieder, widely respected in boardrooms throughout Europe, and Borschette as accomplices in the "spying" case...