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Spying
608. Spying Birch, Harvey a double spy, secretly in the employ of George Washington. [Am. Lit.: Cooper The Spy ] Bond, James Agent 007: super spy, super hero. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 27] C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency) U.S. intelligence agency. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 492] Cheka early Soviet... Read more |
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Klaus Fuchs
Klaus Fuchs The German-born physicist Klaus Fuchs (1911-1988) was one of the Soviet Union's most effective spies operating in Britain and the United States in the critical period during and after World War II. Fuchs revealed the American designs for the atomic bomb to a Soviet spy shortly after... Read more |
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Competitive intelligence
Economic Espionage ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT Economic espionage, sometimes known as industrial espionage, is spying conducted for the benefit of a commercial or industrial enterprise, typically to gain information not available through open channels. (By contrast, economic... Read more |
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Official Secrets Act
Official Secrets Act, 1911. The first Official Secrets Act (1889) was ineffective. It required the government to prove a suspect was a spy, even where it was obvious. The 1911 Act put this right, and extended the law further. It was passed in a panic, during an anti-German spy scare, and on a hot... Read more |
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Spa Fields riot
Spa Fields riot, 1816. One of a number of popular incidents provoked by hunger and revolutionary feeling in the wake of the French wars. A great meeting in north London on 15 November addressed by Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt turned into a drunken quasi-insurrection when a part of the crowd... Read more |
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Benjamin Tallmadge
Tallmadge, Benjamin (1754–1835) spy and U.S. representative. A New Yorker, Tallmadge moved to Connecticut and was a lieutenant in the Connecticut militia at the start of the Revolutionary War. Transferring to an elite regiment, the Second Dragoons, he was promoted to major and fought at... Read more |
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Michael (Bible)
Michael in the Bible. 1 Father of Sethur the spy. 2 Chief of Issachar. 3 One of David's captains at Ziklag. 4 Jehoshaphat's murdered son.... Read more |
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spies
spies. In 1939–45signals intelligence warfare was of far greater importance than it had ever been before and overshadowed human intelligence, the work of spies. Nevertheless, there were subjects that signals intelligence (sigint) could not cover, and that human intelligence (humint) could.... Read more |
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William Frank Buckley Jr
William Frank Buckley, Jr. 1925-2008, American editor, author, and lecturer, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1946. A popular, eloquent, and witty spokesman for the conservative point of view, Buckley helped found the modern conservative movement and played an important part in promoting the growth of... Read more |
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Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton 1819-84, American detective, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, b. Glasgow, Scotland. A cooper by trade, he emigrated to the United States in 1842 and opened in West Dundee, Ill., a cooper's shop, which became a station on the Underground Railroad. His discovery and... Read more |
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Spy caper balances the slam-bang with smarts.(The Dallas Morning News)
...that meant Oscar winner Chris Cooper and...Robert Ludlum's spy novel series, have...infuses all the best spy stories. But the...recently explained that National Treasure teaches kids about...action in the American city. ___ ... |
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DVD Notebook; 4-disc collection unearths film treasures.(VARIETY)
...four DVDs, the National Film Preservation Foundation's Treasures from American...at a Kansas City matinee for...Private Snafu: "Spies" (1943, 4...violent. "Treasures From American...DVD, Oscar winner Walter Murch... |
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National Board of Review winners
...accolade by the National Board of Review...Here are the winners of the National Board of Review...any film as the winner in each category...Confessions Of A Nazi Spy (Picture...Magnani for Open City (Actress), and Italy's ... |
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Production Underway for Walt Disney Pictures' "Hannah Montana: The Movie".
...regulars Emily Osment ("Spy Kids2: Island of Lost Dreams"), Jason Earles ("National Treasure"), Mitchel Musso...Barry Bostwick ("Spin City"), Peter Gunn ("Ever...The composer is Grammy-winner Alan Silvestri ("Cast... |
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LIST OF SYMPOSIUM PANELS.(Living)
...Two-time winner of the Pulitzer...Book Award and National Book Critics...Revised" and "Cities on a Hill...of history, City University of...the Tempest: Treasures of the Maharajahs...William Kennedy: Winner of the ... |
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New Line's `Two Towers' takes January. (Theatrical).(Illustration)
...market-share winner Warner Bros...in Manhattan, National Security and the...market-share winner DreamWorks, which...88.8 NA 15 Spy Kids 2: The Island...37.7 NA 28 Treasure Planet $37...12/3/02 40 National Security $26...22.8 ... |
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Stars to Shine at MIPCOM 2011.
...recognition in writing National Treasure: Book of Secrets...Emmy Award winner Eddie Izzard...Stevenson's Treasure Island. Eddie...accompanied by Treasure Island's director...Anson Mount(City By The Sea...Powers: The ... |
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TEENS HONORED FOR EFFORTS TO PREVENT DATING VIOLENCE.
Salt Lake City, UT -- The...contest as part of National Teen Dating Violence...YRBS), a national survey conducted...Grand prize winners were: * Megan Glasmann, Treasure Mountain International...Karsyn Robb, Treasure Mountain ... |
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KUP'S COLUMN
...story as the Oscar winners, judging by the...three-time Oscar winner, for "Matewan...Dukakis was a big winner in the New Hampshire...THE TALK AT CITY HALL: A court...this his favorite city, plans to return...they finish their ... |
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`Knights,' `Recruit' push BV to top. (Theatrical).(Buena Vista tops weekly...
...market-share winner Paramount...2/18/03 28 Treasure Planet $38.1 3/18/03 29 National Security $35...34.5 NA 31 I Spy $33.1 2/18...23.4 NA 45 City by the Sea $22...03 4/1/03 Treasure Planet 3/18/03 4/29/03 ... |
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