Word: concealability
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...recently concluded visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States was a visually exciting spectacle which did not conceal his uncompromising message...
Suddenly, sniper bullets spit into the dirt along the top of the trench. Down below the ridge, plum orchards in spring bloom conceal the Muslim lines. Exploding artillery shells trigger small avalanches along the rain-loosened earth walls. A young Serb slides into the trench, out of breath from his dash across a meadow of buttercups pocked by mortar craters. He has a question to ask that is important enough to risk his life. "Why does the world want to destroy us?" he wants to know. "We are victims...
...gigantic firm has agreed to pay a record $51 million to the Resolution Trust Corporation, the federal body managing the assets of failed S&Ls. According to the RTC, Jones Day attorneys -- hired by Keating in 1986 -- were well aware that Keating was practicing financial and legal legerdemain to conceal Lincoln's serious problems. Yet Jones Day raised no alarm. The resulting failure cost taxpayers at least $2.5 billion and led to a prison term for Keating. Jones Day contends that Lincoln's demise was not caused by any advice it gave Keating...
...TEXAS GUNS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE STATE FLOWER. NOW IT seems elements in the state may be exporting a new way to conceal some of that firepower: a holster that looks like a beeper. An internal San Francisco police bulletin warns cops to be wary of suspects using this product, available by mail order from Grand Prairie, Texas. An ad for the holster/beeper reads: "Fast. Safe. Discreet. Press button and front of case pops open and hinges down, allowing instant draw...
Despite the careful rituals of closing the plot with exclusively male-female pairings and of never allowing two men actually to kiss on stage, Romancing the Throne can-kiss on stage, Romancing the Throne cannot conceal its gay reference: characters snap with the greatest of ease; dragons" lithsp; queens tirade about men and relationships; classic disco moments bellow from painted lips; and many other gay (in both sense of the world) moments percolate through the show. It's refreshing to know that--despite all the recent tensions around gay issues and despite the prevalence of AIDS--a vibrant torch...