Although the Times had exclusive rights to cover the expedition, James was concerned that other newspapers might steal his story, and devised a code that would make news of success appear to be news of failure.
"Although it is disappointing that we cannot yet read the message brought back by a brave carrier pigeon, it is a tribute to the skills of the wartime code makers that, despite working under severe pressure, they devised a code that was undecipherable both then and now".
The 11-count indictment charges, among other things, that Mr. D'Amiano, 45, helped devise a code word, "Machiavelli," that conspirators would use to indicate their complicity in the scheme.
You may even wish to devise a coding system where you write short symbols on work, produce a key and then make students copy down the comments that correspond with the specific codes and symbols that you've written.
She and Houdini, a debunker of supernaturalism, had devised a secret code that he promised to use if ever Bess tried to contact him after his death.
They need to make sure that the recruitment organisation has devised a code of conduct and, if there are children present, a child protection policy.
He concentrated on devising a code of conduct and "One Team GB" ethos for the 550-strong Olympic team and helped oversee a support system that produced its best performance at a Games in more than a century.
"Did one feel a progression toward something different?" Cannily foreseeing that, on his deathbed, he might be unable to voice a coherent response, he had even devised a code of eye movements to express his answers.
Shaw asked that Knight apologize and that the incident be reported to a committee headed by Clarence Doninger, the athletics director, and charged with devising a code of conduct for Knight and all university coaches.
Devising a code of ethics for publishing online comments will be among BostonNow's challenges.
