Word: mod
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alternatives presented at the press conference, 8.ID Mod 5, had already won approval from the Cantabrigians who had opposed Scheme Z. Its plan calls for a 10-lane bridge across the Charles River and a three -lane tunnel under the river...
...position. Can she and her husband really shake up the Establishment? Some observers fear that the imperial household will have its way and turn her into a bland creature whose every gesture is scripted. They point to the change in the way she dresses. Never trendy, she was mildly Mod at Oxford and wore dark, dress-for-success outfits at the ministry. Since her engagement, she has abruptly switched to bright colors and conventional, almost matronly styles...
Both Golightly and Varjak have something to hide. Varjak calls himself a writer but has no ribbon in his typewriter and Golightly plays the part of a mod New York socialite though she is really a small-town girl who ran away...
...Could MOD have been stupid enough to leave behind such a confession? One member says the gang was framed by a rival hacker who liquidated the Learning Link himself. The defendants' court-appointed lawyers claim the feds have built an elaborate Mafia-like case against rebellious yet relatively harmless kids. "Being arrogant and obnoxious is not a crime," argues attorney Michael Godwin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group that defends exploratory hacking. As for Masters of Disaster, he adds, "it's just a way-cool name. Teenagers aren't going to call themselves the Electronic Birdwatchers Society." While most...
...best known of the hackers accused in the MOD case, Mark Abene (alias Phiber Optik), insists that he's innocent and not a gang member. This acid- tongued media darling, featured in Esquire magazine and on the Geraldo show, offers weekly computer advice on a New York City radio program. A high school dropout, Abene, 20, still lives in the city with his parents, whose home has been raided twice by the Secret Service. In 1991 he pleaded guilty to stealing service off a 900 phone-sex line, but now denies the charge...