Word: mode
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iranian jetliner flew toward the Vincennes, the plane's transponder was sending out signals through two channels, Howard said. He identified them as "mode 3" and "mode...
According to Howard, "mode 3" is a commonly used commercial channel which is also sometimes used by military planes. Howard said he did not specifically know what information the jetliner was transmitting on "mode...
...treaties to be ratified, no important goals that could realistically be achieved, the Administration seems to be biding its time. James Reichley, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, feels the Administration is in a "tidying-up phase." Says Reichley: "The White House is in an even more defensive mode than at this time last year. They're being careful to prevent things from happening that they don't want to happen...
...Morocco and Algeria. Turkey is the only thing left in the Mediterranean." Explains a Japanese traveler: "The life-style here is exotic." Nalbantoglu Gunduz, owner of a successful chartering company in Bodrum, has an uncomplicated view of the Turkish tourism boom. Says Gunduz with a shrug: "C'est la mode...
...even more striking feature of the Olympus is its "auto zooming portrait mode." The user simply selects the proper setting on the camera's control panel, points and clicks. The lens will zoom in or out to ensure that the subject's head and shoulders are well framed in the viewfinder. "If you want to take portraits of people at a party," says David Willard, a senior vice president at Olympus, "the camera will automatically zoom to give you same- size shots of everyone...