Word: coded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...official identified the Kuwaiti missile as a "Strela," the old Western code name for the Soviet Union...
...observers would insist that such opportunism is, in Tocqueville's word, noble. Yet not many would feel it wrong to cash in on otherwise profitless situations. Perhaps crass, tacky or vulgar (as in the latest Jim & Tammy enterprise: Area Code 900 Dial-the-Bakkers taped messages that might bring as much as $100,000 a month from the 25 cents they get for every $1.50 toll a phoning fan must pay), but not immoral...
...found that so far, no Harvard student has developed the technology to create a bursar's card from scratch. Or if they have, they did not tell him. Apparently, the embossing on the i.d. card and the computer bar code are difficult to duplicate...
...friend was careful to select a realistic and memorable birthdate. He didn't want to forget it under stressful conditions. He also remembered not to change the i.d. number, and the computer bar code on the back had his real name as well...
Unlike many crime films, Family Business has a moral code, for the family never uses weapons in its burglaries. Tranquilizer guns, but not weapons. And when the father finally teams up with "The Organization" towards the end of the film, Costa-Gavras makes this the sign of the family's break...