Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Writing about exercise was for Koffend a jog across familiar terrain. Hardly a day passes when he does not do his pushups, sit-ups and jogs-in-place either at home or at the office. His expertise in the subject is matched by that of Senior Editor Robert Shnayerson, who is often involved with Essay, and for this one was a prime source. Shnayerson runs for his life every morning along the shoulder of Manhattan's car-clogged Henry Hudson Parkway, or in nearby Riverside Park, averaging 20 miles a week. One hazard of running in the park...
...winter so far has been marked by the familiar progression of incongruities: worldwide speculation about imminent peace talks, yielding to carnage, followed in turn by further hints of negotiations. The most recent talk about talks became intense in late December and early January, when the North Vietnamese said officially that they would agree to discussions if the U.S. stopped bombing North Viet Nam. Washington followed up with a deep probe of Hanoi's intentions. The chief question throughout was whether Hanoi would give assurances that it would not militarily exploit a bombing cessation. This demand was part...
...patterns of events and emotions in this latest Asian crisis is monotonously familiar. There was first Korea's overreaction and talk of retaliation--unsupported by military power and strongly reminiscent of the belligerence of South Vietnam's rulers. Then came Korea's childish disregard for legitimate American interests--in this case, securing the release of the Pueblo's crew...
...solution of the Purple Code fell to the U.S. Army Signal Corps' chief cryptologist, William Friedman, whom Kahn calls the world's greatest code expert. Friedman and his superb team had a head start. For example, they had already solved lower-level codes, and were familiar with common Japanese forms, such as "I have the honor to inform Your Excellency." As Kahn says, "these constituted virtual cribs...
...becomes possible to find familiar words in plain English. For example, the letters ith appear near the beginning. Guessing that this could stand for with, the analyst assumes that M = w. He tries that idea out in other places where M appears in the ciphertext. Down the line this produces the sequence with-n-nown. This suggests: with unknown, in which case J would equal u, and K would equal...