Word: concealment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That revelation changed the picture that originally emerged from the Press. It now appears that the publisher was either negligent or complicit in Safran's effort to conceal his CIA funding...
Safran's book became a source of embarrassment for the Press in October when it was revealed that Safran had accepted CIA money on the condition that he conceal the agency's support...
Mitterrand's own Socialist Party did not conceal its consternation over Jaruzelski's visit. After the President departed for the Caribbean island of Martinique, Premier Laurent Fabius caused an outcry by publicly taking issue with the President over Jaruzelski's visit, admitting that he was "personally troubled" by it. Mitterrand reportedly was irritated by his subordinate's remarks, but after a transatlantic conversation, the President rejected Fabius' offer to resign. Jaruzelski, for his part, termed his 80-minute tete- a-tete with Mitterrand "useful and sincere...
...popular leader, Hedgecock had already eluded downfall twice. Last November voters re-elected him for a second term, although he was under indictment for lying to conceal irregularities in the financing of his first mayoral campaign. Last February his first trial ended in a hung jury. Hedgecock's third chance at redemption came when two jurors from the latest trial reported that a bailiff, Al Burroughs Jr., had attempted to influence the panel during the 6 1/2 days it was sequestered. At least one juror reportedly changed his vote to guilty on one count after Burroughs informed him that...
...drug-dealing charges last May by a federal grand jury, but the only one so far to insist on a trial (three others pleaded guilty, and no trial dates have been set for the remaining three). In return for promises of cooperation, prosecutors went out of their way to conceal the identity of the players who allegedly bought cocaine from the seven defendants. But Strong's trial destroyed that protective strategy, and the ballplayers were called to testify after being granted immunity from prosecution. Those who took the stand last week readily admitted having used the drug. "I consider cocaine...