Word: concealments
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...neither word nor phrase, the child of a brain of someone too lazy or too dull to express his precise meaning, or too dull to know what he did mean, now commonly used by lawyers in drafting legal documents, through carelessness or ignorance or as a cunning device to conceal rather than express meaning with view to furthering the interest of their clients. We have ever observed the 'thing' in statutes, in the opinions of courts, and in statements in briefs of counsel, some learned and some...
...company, Justice Fowler declared: "If the construction given [by the Court] differs from the meaning actually entertained and intended to be conveyed by the company when it issued its policy, the company has only itself ... to blame, and it is justly penalized for attempting to express-or perhaps to conceal-the meaning intended by the use of a mere mark on paper...
...this Nova, according to Campbell, has made available much more date, both visually and spectrosopically, than any previous appearance of a Nova. This may lead to an explanation of what takes place in the interior of a star. Most stars are not in such a state of flux, and conceal their interiors with clouds of luminous gases, but Nova Herculis represents a remarkable example of stellar activity...
...quite so widely as they had hoped, because the treaty had stepped on fewer U. S. toes than they expected. Lumbermen, with one of the best organized lobbies, did some of the most effective grumbling: ''Glittering phrases about stimulating 'sound and healthy trade' do not conceal the fact that in the treaty the forest products industries and their employes have been sacrificed for promised benefits to other industries." (Makers of shingles, however, were keeping silent because red cedar shingle imports were limited to 25% of U. S. consumption compared to imports now running around...
FRANKNESS is an especial merit of Professor Matthiessen's book. Intimately acquainted with the man and his work, Professor Matthiessen makes no attempts to conceal the fact that he is attorney for the defence, and he rests his case boldly on the actual performance of Eliot as poet and as critic. He does not claim, like most advocates, to be in sole possession of the whole truth, so his tone is never arrogant or impatient; the only handicap with which his advocacy and enthusiasm have encumbered him is the tendency to deduce universal 'laws' of poetry from the practice...