Word: hushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President conducted a press conference composed mainly of evasions; conferred with soldiers and diplomats from the United Nations in the routine atmosphere of hush. What he was doing, where he went, what he was thinking, the public as usual was not told. Behind anonymity more complete than that of his passionately anonymous secretaries, the Cornmander in Chief wrestled with his troubles. On Dec. 9, Franklin D. Roosevelt had told the nation: "If you feel that your Government is not disclosing enough of the truth, you have every right to say so." Many U.S. citizens were saying so last week...
Canada got a glimpse last week of Senator Albert B. ("Happy") Chandler's Military Affairs subcommittee, flying hellbent north on a rush-rush, hush-hush mission to learn the "truth" about Alaska. They were going too fast to see much, if anything, but reporters said they apparently were having a good time en route. Back from Alaska came two fighting Congressmen and Artemus L. ("Di") Gates, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air. One was a mum-mouthed Texan, Lyndon Johnson, recently returned from the South Pacific, where he was one of the President's observers with General...
...weather report broke in at this point. An exasperated listener, Lookout Staton Brooks at Mount Wrightson, got the weatherman to hush so the network could hear "a couple of American planes in the Pacific." They heard...
...chance to sound off on an inflammatory issue. The Governor told Chief Harris to handle the case himself. Hayes and his wife were released on $50 bail. Next day the bail was sent back. When the case was called in court, no one appeared to prosecute. Rome tried to hush up the incident. Atlanta newspapers did not hear about it until four days later, when the Negro Atlanta Daily World broke the story...
...listen to the key Blue station Even though the hour be late. Prithee lend thine ears-Oh gate Though hush-a-tongue no idle talk Over WJZ, New York...