Word: concealer
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...Certainly we Frenchmen know our own weaknesses better, you may be sure, than any outsider. We cannot conceal from ourselves the consequences of our political instability, the insufficient development of our economy, or our weakness in military power. You can depend on our selfcriticism. I leave it to you to decide whether we are the only nation suffering from weaknesses...
...produced, at almost regular two-year intervals, a string of novels that have all much the same title (e.g., Pastors & Masters; Elders & Betters; Brothers & Sisters'), are about much the same people living in much the same house at much the same period (turn of the century) and conceal in the same cupboards just the same skeletons? Why do all the characters, irrespective of age and class, talk the same language in novel after novel? And why is the terrible secret that they are always hiding always exposed in the same crude, naive way? "There was a letter...
...conceal his tormented heart, he is cynical and wisecracking. He is also a genius at writing pop tunes, but "They" never let him finish...
When is art "primitive"? A gallerygoer might answer, "Half the time." Roughly half the contemporary shows in U.S. galleries seem to prove that the exhibiting artists had no formal training at all. Reason: moderns of many schools conceal all trace of academic tradition in their work, as if it were sissy. Last week Manhattan saw an exhibition of less fortunate primitives-men lacking art training and cut off from the art of the ages. It beat the self-made, big-city primitives hollow...
When the ten-day adjournment was finally voted, the pro-McCarthy Republican Senators could scarcely conceal their delight. Ev Dirksen unintentionally explained why. Leaving the floor, he was asked by newsmen if some sort of filibuster was in prospect. Dirksen seemed shocked. "Goodness me, no," he replied. "Nothing could be further from the fact, that I'm trying to prevent a vote. Time is always a great healer, its soothing effect brings peace of mind." Then he paused, and added: "I don't know whether a vote can be reached...