Word: coded
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...admits that loss of such accreditation has no impact on an agency. Of the biggest TV evangelists, only Billy Graham, who does not have a weekly series, is a member in good standing. The National Religious Broadcasters, to which most of the big operations belong, is toughening its ethical code and creating a voluntary agency to accredit broadcasters' ethics...
After a new voice-synthesizing adapter goes on sale, phones may seem to develop their own crotchety personalities. Example: the phone might announce that "Norman Brown is calling." If the owner punches the code to reject the call, the phone will do the dirty work, politely informing Mr. Brown that the call has not been accepted...
Perhaps because it enhances privacy, call blocking is one of the more popular CLASS features. By punching a simple code into the phone, the user can program this service, which rejects calls from certain local numbers. To avoid having to talk to that former boyfriend or that pest of a salesman, the owner can direct the phone to generate a recorded message -- some version of "I'm sorry, the party you have dialed is not accepting your call at this time" -- whenever someone on the list tries to get through. Jeffrey Lipman, 35, a pharmacist in Harrisburg, Pa., has combined...
...there was no denying that the flamboyant Iacocca set corporate America abuzz last week with the announcement that Chrysler had agreed to buy a controlling interest in American Motors Corp., the longtime also-ran of the U.S. auto industry, from the firm's major shareholder, France's Renault. Code-named Project Titan at Chrysler headquarters, the deal is the most daring move that Iacocca has made as the architect of Chrysler's dramatic comeback from near bankruptcy...
...been devastated by plunging oil prices, a crushing $100 billion foreign debt and a sharply devalued peso. The crisis has forced the ruling party to impose tough austerity measures that have strained party loyalty. Suddenly the political vogue in P.R.I. circles is to speak of "democratization" and "liberalization," code words that reflect popular pressure for a more open electoral process...