Word: coded
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...destined for the technological trash heap than the one that came to light last week. According to documents made public by the Federation of American Scientists for the express purpose of torpedoing the scheme, the Pentagon has for several years been secretly developing a new kind of booster rocket -- code-named Timberwind -- that would loft giant weapons into space on short notice. Its power source: an onboard nuclear reactor running at extremely high temperatures and spewing radioactive exhaust directly into the atmosphere...
ONCE AGAIN, disgruntled artists are crying "Censorship!" in order to discredit the concept of moral standards in art. Four artists whose grant applications to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were recently rejected have filed a lawsuit against the organization's "decency code," which forbids the funding of works of art and literature that depict homosexuality or the erotic. They claim that the code was the reason for their rejection and that it sets an unconstitutional limit on freedom of expression...
...buyers have a criminal record. Advocates say Reagan's conversion ensures that the bill will be enacted this year, despite stiff opposition from the powerful pro-gun lobby. President Bush quickly indicated that he might sign the bill if Congress is willing to accept his revisions to the criminal code...
...know it. No pollsters have knocked on doors. Several new folks in town, however, are not exactly who they seem to be. They are researchers from the Foote, Cone & Belding ad agency, sent there to soak up everyday life and find out what people are thinking in the place code-named Laskerville. They are eavesdropping at school-board meetings, at the local cafe and even at funerals (they say the eulogies really sum up the town's values). The ad people have gone to great lengths to blend into the scenery, leaving their fancy cars back in Chicago and driving...
Kitchin said the house office informed him of the fire code violation Wednesday morning in a written memo dated March 21. The cost of installing the alarm was estimated to be $2500 by the house office, Kitchin said...