Word: concealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chicago scientists admit to another possible defect: "There is no way to get around the fact some people might conceal information," says Stuart Michaels of the Chicago team, whose expertise is designing questions to get at those subjects people are most reluctant to discuss. The biggest hot button, he says, is homosexuality. "This is a stigmatized group. There is probably a lot more homosexual activity going on than we could get people to talk about...
Finally, the real Nerd shows up in the form of one Rick Steadman (Daren Firestone). Willum invites him to his house because Steadman saved his life in Vietnam (shades of goody-goody Forrest Gump). Steadman's entrance is suspenseful because he wears a costume to conceal his identity. Tripping from one faux paux to the next and yet utterly naive about it, Steadman is the stereotypical nerd, but more abrasive, more annoying and goonier. He's a nerd's wet dream. Firestone sounds like Pee-Wee Herman with emphysema...
...irresistible that virtually everyone who ever voted Republican seems to be entertaining the same thought: Hey, I could beat this guy! While there is still not a single announced G.O.P. candidate, the field of likely contenders is already teeming. Some of the likeliest aren't bothering to conceal their ambitions. As Senator Phil Gramm of Texas puts it, "If I had to decide today, I would run." (Pause to indicate that he's kidding here.) "But I may come to my senses...
...knows why the Clintons appear to have ignored the lesson of Watergate: the cover-up is invariably worse than the matters the participants seek to conceal. What we now do know, however, is that Mrs. Clinton is more like Mr. Clinton than anyone ever realized. Slick Willie, meet Slippery Hillary...
...started out looking like a rare winner for the White House. Whitewater seemed poised to fade from the spotlight: House Banking Committee chairman Henry B. Gonzales proved he could stage farce on a grand scale by holding two days' worth of hearings that were designed not to inform but conceal. Gonzales opened the session with the strong suggestion that they were a waste of time and the confident assurance that "it is doubtful that any ethical standards were violated." The chairman prevented Republicans from raising questions about most aspects of the scandal and gaveled a Congressman out of order...