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...addition to his $100 bet, David Jones collected a $5,000 reward from Secretary Magsaysay. But despite his. triumphs, Jones had no intention of making espionage his career. "I'm no cloak & dagger man," he said. "I'm going back home and stick to radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Spy Among the Huks | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

...size, and Nicolosi turned out a magnificent, realistic statue. When a studio bigwig saw it, he was horrified. "This thing has got to come to life in the picture," he cried. "For God's sake put some clothes on her." Reluctantly, Sculptor Nicolosi put his Venus in a cloak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Farmer's Daughter | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

...year-old confession. Last week he partially repudiated the confession, saying that it was "incomplete" and adding, "The facts will prove that I am completely innocent." Icardi coolly stuck to his original story. Said he: "Major Holohan disappeared ... I am the victim of enemies in Italy . . . The whole 'cloak & dagger' story is untrue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Case of the Missing Major | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

...most telling criticism is that too many newsmen hide behind the cloak of "objectivity," merely report the "who, what, when & where." They leave the much harder and more important job of telling the "why" to a small, hard core within the corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Covering the Capital | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

...approximately 90% cloak and. 10% dagger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACARTHUR STORY: Five Star Firing | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

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