Word: coded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first step in Switzerland's bank reform program took effect this month: a new code of conduct, drawn up by the Swiss National Bank, the country's central financial institution, and the Swiss Bankers' Association. No longer are clients allowed to open a Swiss account without revealing their true identity. Anonymous banking, when it was allowed, was a powerful attraction for corrupt dictators and Mafiosi, among others, seeking to hide their funds. Under the new rules, Swiss bankers are barred from providing active assistance to customers who evade taxes or export capital illegally from foreign countries...
...Play the tips. Forget betting and dump your dough on code books and breeder's guides. Then spend the change on tootsie-fruitsie...
...cover." To bill this feature consistently! clearly and (we hope) attractively, we have devised the flap in the upper right-hand corner of this week's cover. Another new element is not a matter of design: the symbol in the lower left-hand corner is a universal product code that will help TIME'S distributors keep track by computer of their volume of sales...
...South China Sea for nearly a week. Their fragile little fishing boat was waterlogged. They were without food and water, and their clothes had been shredded by high winds. Ship after ship passed them by, ignoring their S O S's in violation of the most basic code of the sea. Then a Taiwan-bound Israeli freighter sighted the nearly naked passengers. Captain Meir Tadmor of the Yuvali telegraphed Haifa for permission to take them aboard, even though his ship carried only enough life rafts and jackets for his 30-member crew. Still, he had no choice...
Though no final decisions have yet been made, the task force's goals are clear enough: making the tax code simpler and more equitable, and offering incentives for investors. The President is considering...