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...interest was in "people who were working there as illegals (Soviet spies) and who had been set up in a small hotel or business and had done a runner." Symonds also says he specialized in providing background stories for spies. Mention the alleged mole inside asio and Symonds becomes cryptic. "It could have been one of mine," he says, referring to the agents for whom he created false identities. "I like to wonder, Where are all my boys now? Are they in high-up positions in the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outed Soon: Australia's Soviet Spy? | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

...figure out what is wrong by plugging into your car's diagnostic port (near steering wheel) and displaying a detailed error message. If it's just a loose gas cap, you can save a trip to the shop. Alas, some of the $150 device's messages are so cryptic, you may end up running to a mechanic to decipher them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Gadget World | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...have been listening to my brother's group Cryptic Warning, an awesome death metal band, since they first formed five years ago. I'm impressed with how long they have been able to stay together since they started it in high school. They're always having shows with cheap ticket prices at bars in Cambridge or Boston (check Crypticwarning.com). Right now, I am listening to Ani DiFranco's Reckoning. The first track on that album, Your Next Bold Move, is one of my favorite songs. And two Depeche Mode albums I got for Christmas: A Broken Frame and Songs...

Author: By Lucy F.V. Lindsey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eavesdropping | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

...Year’s Day” would not have been adequate; the latter is too pragmatic, too close to how normal people actually speak—whereas this picture makes every attempt to hide its pedestrian quality with big stars, high production values and, of course, cryptic, inflated dialogue...

Author: By Tony A. Onah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hide and Seek Review | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

...People’s House.” The locked bathroom used to be labeled in English, he says, but in an attempt to dissuade people from asking to use it, a friend who spoke Russian helped him change the sign to a more cryptic message. “I did it as a joke,” Levesque says...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Seeing Red | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

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