Word: concealer
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...neighbor 70 miles away he turned to his wife Rebecca, declared: "Old woman, we must move, they are crowding us.") Fact is, says Biographer Bakeless, Boone sought elbowroom in the vain hope of finding a new country where he could make a fortune. His jokes tried to conceal his ambition and his frustration...
...properties. Over angry Democratic protests Republican Bridges read aloud "weird" newspaper stories hooking up the name of Pennsylvania's Senator Guffey with sales of oil from the seized properties. Mr. Guffey visited Mexico just before seizures began. Said Mr. Guffey "I have no objection ... I have nothing to conceal...
...Ragnell said he thought he could. Knowing that her boy would never knowingly accept such a sacrifice, the mother arranged to have him told that his new ears were taken from the victim of an automobile accident. She knew she could conceal the stumps of her ears by covering them with her hair...
Like a good fellow, the War Office laughs off the "unreliable" information about the Army possessed by most civilians: "... being a shy and rather self-conscious nation, and disliking any display of sentiment, we endeavour to conceal our real feelings towards such a calling as the soldier's by being flippant about it - cracking jokes on the subject - jokes about red tape, brass-hats, bully beef, and serjeant-majors. All of which is harmless enough...
...have an edge in modern guns, superior to hoary French models. The Germans use a new 105 mm. howitzer while the French rock along with antiquated Seventy-fives. Some professionals also contend that French rifles are out-of-date, "tall as the Eiffel Tower," hence difficult to conceal, whereas the Germans use a short carbine that snuggles neatly into shallow trenches and shell holes; that German anti-aircraft equipment is excellent, while the British, who need it more, are just beginning to approach bare minimum safety strength...