Word: cryptics
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...most of the past three years, Radcliffe has been a mystery institution that periodically issued a report on its own status, a cryptic "R" in the abbreviated name of some student group. Suddenly this year, students woke from their blissful ignorance and entered a debate over whether this nonentity should continue to non-exist. Earnest pieces on Radcliffe began to clutter the 10,000 magazines of Harvard. The Radcliffe fracas even won the ultimate mark of legitimacy, an Istitute of Politics debate in its honor...
...Twin Peaks' David Lynch, as with Julee Cruise, or Gaelic-inspired words and melodies, as with Enya, this music shares a certain soulfulness that sets it apart. Showing up in soundtracks, advertisements and as background music to certain popular women's winter sporting events, these artists' combination of cryptic lyrics, cool synth sound and sighing vocals have made a market out of musical mediation...
...cryptic message lifted from the couple's trash last Sept. 15, for instance, signaled Ames' interest in scheduling a meeting in Bogota. It read, in part, "If you cannot meet ((piece missing)) 1 Oct, signal North after 27 Sept with message at Pipe." Through electronic and personal surveillance, investigators soon decoded the message: North was a mailbox where Ames and his handlers conveyed impersonal, prearranged messages; Pipe was the dead drop where detailed messages, instructions and money were exchanged...
...soap and water is scrawled in Cabot's top floor cubicles. The grafitti urges those who lament of homework, Harvard and heartbreak to "get some therapy." Compassion is low for those who complain, and for the frustrated library frequenters who ask "Where can I go to get head?" the cryptic yet conscise response, "a garbage disposal prickbrain...
...some of the employees at Lord West, suggested that insiders were involved in the abduction. Police officials, fearing that it might jeopardize Weinstein's safety, held back from questioning workers at the factory, but more than 100 detectives prowled the city in search of the executive, following the cryptic clues he had given them...