Word: conceal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took every possible step to conceal our moves in preparation for the rescue mission, encouraging the few people who had to know about airplane and helicopter movements to believe they might be related to laying mines. On the evening of April 16, we met in the Situation Room for a thorough review of the operation. This session lasted 2½ hours, and I was particularly impressed with Generals James B. Vaught and Philip C. Gast and Colonel Charles Beckwith, who would direct the mission after I authorized it to begin...
...committed as Schmidt to detente and East-West trade. While quibbling about details, the Christian Democrats have generally supported Schmidt's decision to help finance the controversial Soviet gas pipeline. But the tenor of U.S.-West German relations may change. Schmidt, for example, annoyed Americans by failing to conceal his contempt for Presidents Carter and Reagan. "Kohl will be more accommodating toward the U.S.," says Walter Schutze of the Paris-based French Institute for International Relations. "It will not be a matter of substance, but the tune of Bonn-Washington relations will change. The Christian Democrats will play...
...encouraging high-tech industries. During a debate earlier this month that rapidly turned acrimonious, he accused Thompson of presiding over the worst economic decline in the U.S., citing the state's 12.2% unemployment rate and soaring debt. Stevenson, who later accused the Governor of "subterfuge and deception" to conceal his failures, tried to justify the snappish tone: "I'm portrayed as bland and dull. As a tactical matter, I thought I ought to take him apart...
...agreeable and anecdotal President is well suited for a medium that makes the wrathful appear foolish and the meticulous seem boring. But his agreeableness does not totally conceal his stubborn adherence to long-held opinions (which he might call convictions) even when their results are disastrous. Ful bright but that the polls show "disapproval of the policies of this President but still show great approval of him personally. It means he has a fine personality, but ... it has nothing to do with the formulation of wise policy...
Shunted aside by the military takeover, the Communist Party has not recovered. Army officers hardly conceal their contempt for the party, which they consider a source of corruption and mismanagement. At the provincial level, many generals have taken over top party posts, and every factory, service agency or government office has its military commissar...