Word: concealment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation that had signed the 1968 nonproliferation treaty, only to decide that it wanted a nuclear weapon after all, would have to conceal its operations from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a Vienna-based affiliate of the U.N. The agency's inspectors are often on hand when nuclear fuel is loaded into a reactor. They install sealed closed-circuit TV cameras for continuous on-site monitoring, and they return periodically to check this equipment. Still, the IAEA's inspectors do not always get to see what they would like in member countries. For a time during...
...letters that are not said elsewhere, expecting truth most of all. Even falsity in letters divulges a kind of truth-the false wit employed in writing to a clever enemy, the false cheer to a dull friend, the false authority to children, the false self-confidence to colleagues. Letters conceal almost nothing, which accounts for their power. Those few who have done them well ought never have been told: Don't write any letters...
...busy and popular instructor and lecturer, who charges students $500 for a course but lectures for free. He has written three books-one of which, the autobiographical The Big Player, is slated to be produced as a film by Frank Capra. He is a swinging bachelor who tries to conceal his age ("I date a lot of young girls") and a celebrity in the gambling world. That, of course, is a disadvantage. To play undetected-hence unevicted-at major casinos, he resorts to a disguise kit designed for him by Hollywood Makeup Expert Mike Westmore. Says Uston: "I have been...
...vote was a threat to enlist that same kind of constituent pressure on lawmakers who fail to follow through on the rest of his economic package. Predicted Reagan: "When the people speak, Washington will now listen-and will act." Legislative strategists for the White House made little effort to conceal their optimistic belief that Reagan's popularity, coupled with his bold program, may even have forged a new coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats that will give the G.O.P. practical control of the House, despite the Democrats present 51-member majority. With Republicans firmly in control of the Senate...
...LOOK AT HIM, you would never suspect what he has gone through. Few visible scars betray his ordeal. His socks and shoes conceal the most obvious reminders--an extensive collection of burns on his legs and feet, which were slit open and then cauterized with smoldering cigarettes. Of course, maybe if you looked closely, you might notice his crooked jaw, which protrudes unevenly, expecially when he indulges in a rare smile. His hunched shoulders and shuffling gait--the drooping posture of one who faced prison torture for over a year--call more attention to themselves, especially as he walks around...