Word: cloaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...public property." He then laid down the two conflicting principles that are present in every debate over the release of military information: 1) nobody can seriously argue that military secrets should be made public; 2) on the other hand, he did not want military secrecy to be made a cloak for withholding information about the Government which the people had a right to know. Truman's prepared statement made sense-on its face. Government officials must take the responsibility of saying in each case whether military security outweighs the public right to information. This responsibility carries with...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...