Word: mum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week from the air war over Britain came one of the many high-ranking U.S. observers who have flitted in & out of the war zone. To reporters Major General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold, onetime Chief of Air Corps, now a Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, was mum on military matters (he may have cruised over Occupied France and Germany in a British bomber, as U.S, observers are authorized to do). But his return was signalized by an official announcement that several young U.S. pilots will soon get a chance to see that war. This was first-rate...
...Tobey went on clamoring. If his "proof" was thin, nevertheless convoying was probably the next great decision the U.S. must make. The President, whether he had or had not decided, kept mum...
...wire note to editors, Associated Press memoed the fact that a British battleship was off Staten Island, told editors it was sending out no story. Most Manhattan newspapers were mum. Exceptions were the Herald Tribune, which ran a photograph and story on Page One, the tabloid Daily News, which front-paged her in an airview photograph...
...Richardson was sorry to leave his beloved horses, but he knew that the new job was more important. And with a Major General at the head desk, newsmen could soundly hope that from now on there will be less fumbling in the Army information section, fewer appeals to keep mum about open secrets...
...political truce. Under this new Pinedo plan the chiefs of the two political camps, Radicales and Conservadores, would choose common candidates for the principal offices to be filled in provincial elections this year. For minor offices each camp would run its own candidates. While wily Marcelo de Alvear kept mum, Pinedo let the deal out of the bag and the press and Juan Pueblo waxed indignant...