Word: diversionism
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The crime was shrouded in secrecy and intrigue. Pentagon officials said only that it was one of the worst cases ever involving the diversion of Western computer technology to the Communist world. Clearly, though, the U.S. had been severely stung by East-bloc espionage agents, who had managed to place...
Western security agents learned of the diversion scheme last July and managed to catch up with some of the less important gear, packaged as burglar-alarm equipment bound for Turkey. Officials who tailed the hot computer hardware are virtually certain the remainder of the equipment is now in East Germany...
I do not understand Egypt's wounded reaction to the U.S.'s diversion of its plane carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers. If Egypt were a true friend of the U.S.'s, it would not have been so quick to release the killers of an American into the "custody" of their...
This spring's second insult to freedom-loving cowboy types was graver yet, although its implications might be hard to fathom for non-Montanans. The state's drivers, as of October, will not be allowed to drink alcohol in their vehicles. Outsiders may find this development astonishing. Drinking and driving...
But it does represent a new and fast-growing market. For better or worse, the Internet is filled with bright, well-educated, upwardly mobile people -- a demographic that makes it particularly attractive to those with things to sell. And while the green-card lawyers were creating a diversion, hundreds of...