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...only nation that knew all about the bomb had on its hands two of the greatest intelligence problems of all time: 1) how to conceal its past and future development from other nations; 2) to discover what progress other nations may make...
Myth Dispelled. Propaganda could no longer conceal the fact that the Commu nist regime had relied for much of its strength on the prospect of Russian sup port. Despite its claims, Yenan controlled not more than a fifth of China and 70,000,000 Chinese. Even that control, in the sense of mass support, had yet to be impartially assessed. Its regular army did not exceed 450,000 men, and they had only 250,000 rifles...
Hard to Swallow. In Green Bay, Wis, Sgt. Norbert Rasmussen, questioned for not having a driver's license, explained that he had eaten it last December to conceal his identity from his German captors...
...tabloid New York Daily News flatters the common man by cheering for commonness; consequently it has the largest newspaper audience in the U.S. The News scorns reformers, and flaunts the details of Manhattan's juiciest scandals with a self-righteousness that does not conceal a smirk. Its general attitude toward manners & morals is the tough kid's jeer: if they're good they're probably phoney and certainly ridiculous...
...doing now.' And he brought out a still-life of a tomato plant, then another and an other, until there were 21 variations of the subject. 'I usually work on a number of canvases at a time. . . .' (He doesn't disguise or conceal his failures, but he simply tries again, seeing failure and success as parts of the abundant, continuous flow of his creative activity.) " 'There are other things I'd like to show you; besides,' he continued, 'I don't care for working in the morning. I like to work...