Word: secret
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...curtain separated Carter and his wife from the reporters in the rear. Behind other red curtains, Army communications specialists manned telephones and telex links that kept the President in touch with the White House. A four-car pilot train ran ahead of the Metroliner so that Secret Service men could check the tracks, and three helicopters hovered watchfully overhead...
Thach claimed that Hanoi has been holding secret talks with American officials on diplomatic ties. Serious discussions were indeed held in 1978, but the talks went nowhere because of American objections to the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the repressive policies that caused the refugee problem...
...sort of guardian angel. Her explanation of her role is vintage Lanchester: "You see, I have to go up into the California vineyards in an effort to help Robby, who's been caught by alien agents because his monkey that I'm taking care of has the secret for turning waste into plutonium or something. But I'm giving away the plot...
...months U.S. satellites arching high above grainfields of the Soviet Union have been sending back disturbing reports: floods followed by drought have badly damaged the crops. Last week, in a secret meeting in London, Soviet agricultural officials conceded to their American counterparts that the U.S.S.R. is headed toward one of its most disappointing grain harvests ever-about 185 million metric tons, way down from last year's 237 million metric tons. The Soviets asked to enlarge significantly their purchases of American wheat and corn, so that they will rival in magnitude the record Russian buying...
...Family Feud and What's My Line?, which ran for 17½ years; following heart surgery; in New York City. In addition to employing 90 television researchers in the search for convincing impostors for To Tell the Truth and offbeat confessors for I've Got a Secret, the "Gold Dust Twins" built a communications empire that once included 17 newspapers...