Word: secretes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confederation, even to the reappearance of European forces eager to recapture their lost lands. Bells rang and cannons fired for the public celebration of July 4, when many of these same men had met in this same statehouse to proclaim the Declaration of Independence eleven years earlier. But the secret debates, Washington wrote to Hamilton, "are now, if possible, in a worse train than ever; you will find but little ground on which the hope of a good establishment can be formed...
...then did the editor, Michael Lordover, come to the point: "Jim, this isn't the big book you need at this point in your career. Sure we could publish it, and maybe it would make back a modest advance. But Speedy tells me you've also been keeping a secret diary of the convention. Now that's the book I really want. A tell-all confessional filled with political intrigue and maybe a few blonds. I even have a title: A Confederacy of Dunces...
...when U.S. law and the Administration's proclaimed policy banned such arms traffic. The 110 hours of public testimony have highlighted certain themes as well: an appalling willingness to stretch and sometimes break laws, to deceive Congress, to conduct the Government's business in furtive ways. And once the secret was out, many of the participants attempted to cover their tracks...
...Hall told it, she saw her boss taking documents out of a safe and feeding them into the office shredder. She went to his aid, dropping "12, 15, 18 pages" at a time into the machine. Lieut. Colonel Robert Earl, a North aide, contributed his own secret messages. Ever helpful, she asked North whether she should destroy telephone logs and her copies of computer messages too. Yes, he said. But didn't she know what she was destroying? a committee lawyer asked. "I really didn't notice, sir," she replied frostily. "I was just purely doing...
...directly Reagan will be tied to the diversion plan will depend on the testimony of North and Rear Admiral John Poindexter, the former National Security Adviser. Poindexter is scheduled to appear on July 7 and North later in the month. The committees' investigators have been grilling Poindexter in secret sessions without any of the legislators present, an arrangement the chairmen apparently agreed to in order to prevent leaks. But there was an understanding that if Poindexter produced any bombshells, such as having briefed Reagan on the diversion, the chairmen would be promptly notified. So far, Poindexter's inquisitors have been...