Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MIGHT BE HARD TO PICTURE AT THIS juncture in American history, but there are times, even now, when working for the government can be exciting. Consider a secret Department of Energy training exercise--code name: Mirage Gold--that was staged in New Orleans in October 1994. Hundreds of normally lab-bound nuclear scientists fanned out through the French Quarter carrying briefcases with hidden radiation detectors, while rental vans packed with high-tech electronics roamed the streets and planes fitted with spy cameras swooped overhead. After three days, they found what they were hunting for: a simulated nuclear weapon hidden...
...been created out of Lamar Alexander, the former establishmentarian and Cabinet official, using little more than a smile and a red flannel shirt. You too can be a New You. All it takes is a change of costume, some prepackaged instant microwavable prejudices and a fresh zip code. Stir in a dollop of self-righteousness, bake for a day or less, and serve promptly...
...from a briefing at the Pentagon. "But I think it's very important that I not do anything which interrupts the deployment." And TIME's Ann Simmons reports that the Army's biggest worry for U.S. soldiers in Bosnia is: land mines. "All soldiers must memorize the mine awareness code: S-I-A-R-M-N: Stop, Identify, Avoid, Report, Mark, Navigate. Basically, the Army doctrine on mine removal is: Do not do it!" For details and more stories, visit TIME World Wide's special page devoted to the U.S. mission in Bosnia with extended daily news, special audio reports...
...ALREADY A RULE OF THUMB for judging secret Pentagon projects, maybe it should be: If the name is astral, the premise is spacy. First Star Wars. Now Star Gate. That is the real code name (not the postscandal tabloid headline) of a secret program that spent $20 million in the past 10 years to employ psychics in pursuit of the unknown...
...gains tax, Lewis proposes raising it to 39%, the same level as the top rate paid by the rich on the income they get from their various income-producing investments, such as government bonds. That, says Lewis, would eliminate the favoritism shown to stocks over bonds in the tax code, and create a "free market" in the process. This is no doubt the first time in financial journalism that a writer has suggested a free market can result from an increase in taxes...