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Word: elizebeth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...written Shakespeare's plays, scores have turned to cryptology to prove that the Bard's words were in a kind of cipher that concealed messages from their true author. Last week, in a new book called The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined (Cambridge University; $5), U.S. Cryptologists William and Elizebeth Friedman gave evidence that should discredit these investigators once and for all. The Friedmans' credentials are impressive: William led the team that broke the Japanese "purple" code a few months before Pearl Harbor (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Scrambled Ciphers & Bacon | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

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