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...identified as spies, the argot of espionage has become part of the language around the world. Herewith a glossary of current spy terms, most of them used in the West but some international: BAG JOB: In the U.S., an illegal search of a suspected spy's residence to obtain incriminating information. Also, sending secret data back home through the diplomatic pouch. BLACK BAGGING: Delivery of funds to an undercover agent or network by a courier...
...version of "The Lord's Prayer." It is a musical work of a complexity that jars the senses and shocks the mind. Musical ideas are clearly laid out and defined while themes occur and recur. The voices blend with tumultuous intensity while the instruments constantly expand until they finally obtain the feel of a full orchestra...
...time of Popkin's dismissal, several observes suggested that the government's action constituted an admission that they themselves did not know what they wanted to find out from Popkin, and that they were engaged in a "fishing expedition" to obtain evidence...
...that the police are not interested in disturbing them. Such is far from the case. During the past academic year, the Cambridge police made two drug arrests, one at Harvard and one at Radcliffe. And, at such time as they receive information of sufficient substance to enable them to obtain a search warrant, they will make other similar arrests...
...Manhattan Detention Center, known as the "Tombs", Vallieres had written a book Les Negres Blancs d'Amerique (The White Niggers of America). It was to be used as evidence against him for charges that pre-dated the book. Despite numerous legal manipulations the Canadian government was able to obtain few convictions against the two men, but these convictions were reversed in the Court of Appeals...