Word: concealments
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...achieve nothing except by yielding gracefully, as the bamboo bends before the gale. There have been few Joan of Arcs or Molly Pitchers in the annals of Japan. Even the brilliant Lady Murasaki, who wrote the famed Tale of Genji early in the 11th century, felt it necessary to conceal her accomplishments. The only heroic-sized woman known to the Japanese is the legendary Empress Jingo, who supposedly conquered Korea in A.D. 200-but Koreans indignantly assert that absence of records proves she never existed. Until 1923, Japanese law declared that "women, children and mental defectives shall not be associated...
What is more ominous is the apparent ease with which the government rid itself of all qualms about the International Geophysical Year and decided to conceal data transmitted by the satellite Explorer IV. Although the IGY agreement requires that all information should be revealed by September 1959, the United States has repeatedly taken Russia to task for not releasing data as soon as it was processed...
...incredibly inept. From the aspersions it cast on our sincerity in participation in IGY to the questions it raises about our competence in handling any kind of international publicity, the policy adopted has provided a testimony of doubtful wisdom. When it is realized that the government was prepared to conceal the whole affair indefinitely, despite apparent Soviet knowledge of the entire theory involved, one can only wonder what secrecy in space and atomic energy really means...
Aside from the Dixon-Yates affair, the Commission made an unfortunate mark on two major fronts during Strauss's administration: it attempted to conceal the detection of a nuclear explosion so that its stand against banning tests would be stronger, and, so critics claimed, its stand on maximum "safe" radiation dosage was a reflection of AEC policy rather than the established facts. Both of these situations were a reflection of weaknesses in the commission's basic structure which desperately need correction...
...Armed Forces in general, should recognize is that publicity can consist of a relatively simple alert in advance--such as those available for the satellites and lunar probes which have been launched by the National Agency for Space and Aeronautics as part of the IGY. Attempts to conceal the entire operation may prevent public embarrassment in case of failure, but they can also diminish scientific value in case of success...