Word: concealment
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...Aircraft, A.D. Wheelon, was an agency alumnus, and the upper ranks of the company were studded with former ranking military and CIA officers. Hughes was known to be intrigued by the possibility of mining the sea for mineral deposits. That interest would make an ideal cover under which to conceal the salvage operation...
...huge submersible barge roughly the size of a football field, which would be covered by an oval roof. The barge's purposes would be to carry the huge retrieval claws that would grapple for the submarine and later transport it to the U.S. The roof was meant to conceal its cargo from prying Soviet satellites...
...past few years have been dull for leg watchers, frustrated by loose slacks and droopy skirts that conceal only drab gray and blah beige pantyhose. Suddenly, however, legs are coming alive in the dazzling burst of colors, stripes and patterns that characterizes the new socko look...
...Wilson has picked up the mannerisms and styles of newspaper writing. Here, as we read the smooth flow of narratives, the captured regional accents and hestitations of the dialogues, we are almost fooled into thinking that the often abrupt, slightly non-sequitur one-liner endings to the stories may conceal some literary profundity befitting a contemporary short story. Most probably, it was merely the unmerciful cut of a harried editor...
...greatest honors belong to the two leads. Kevin Conway informs his character with contemporary insights. His blustery tantrums never quite conceal a fear of isolation that only Lennie's undemanding presence can assuage. James Earl Jones gives the most restrained and, paradoxically, the most forceful performance of his career as Lennie. Lolling, dribbling, crushing the life out of what he loves, Jones gives his burdened oaf a soul that more than compensates for his damaged mind...