Word: concealment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...underlying it all was a chill that cordiality could not conceal: a steely and unsentimental confrontation of men, of countries, of codes that were antipathetic to each other. At one point, Khrushchev, essaying a small compliment, remarked that much liberated German wine had reached Russia since the war, and that he had come to like it. "Come visit me, my friend," said Adenauer slowly, "and I will show you that guest wine is much better than liberated wine...
...same time that the real effectiveness of such measures would not be great. During unofficial talks with the leaders of the U.S. Government, we straightforwardly declared that aero-photography cannot give the expected results, because both countries stretch over vast territories in which, if desired, one can conceal anything...
...course, a grim, ironic joke in Russia that the vast hinterland conceals numberless prison camps, slave-labor projects, and an abysmally low standard of living among all but party people. These were experts in that kind of concealment, and they laughed appreciatively at Bulganin's easy reference to the "vast territories in which, if desired, one can conceal anything." But it was a guffaw all too reminiscent of Vishinsky's famous blunder ("I could hardly sleep all last night . . . because I kept laughing," said Vishinsky of U.S. peace proposals in 1951). Newsmen spread the story across the world...
...been "clearly established,"" that four policemen, including a brigadier police chief, have been arrested, and "we are in the presence of a complete counterterrorist organization, to which dozens of outrages can be attributed." In Casablanca, suspects were hustled to police headquarters with paper bags over their heads to conceal their identities. Members of the gang had reportedly confessed to participating in 80 "incidents," including the burning of an Arab market, the murder of several Arab farmers, and bomb attacks on local Frenchmen...
...clock Miss Helen Keller and her secretary appeared. They welcomed me to their home with southern hospitality. Miss Helen Keller was born and lived a number of years in Alabama. Miss Thompson revealed her Scotch origin in her speech every now and then, nor did she need to conceal...