Word: secretively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That Councilor Bogomoloff might not occupy his spare time by Russian secret service in Britain, Ambassador Sokolnikov paid a formal visit to Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson, gave formal pledges that the Soviet Government would not engage in propaganda either in Britain or in any of the Dominions...
...boarding his train. All newspapers publishing accounts of bomb findings or of Dr. Rittig's pummeling were confiscated. Seventeen cafe proprietors were marched to jail charged with "encouraging meetings of the so-called 'Frank Party.' " Cables from Jugoslavia explained the Frank partisans as members of a secret Croat nationalist organization, plotting Croatia's restoration to Hungary...
Best argument for a pool wishing to move a stock up is talk of "secret processes and patents." Last February the International Combustion Engineering Corp., world's leading manufacturer of boilers, automatic stokers, ash handlers and power plant devices, opened a new plant at New Brunswick, N. J. Function of this plant was to use a newly acquired foreign patent for the distillation of coal, rendering from the fuel valuable gas byproducts, light oil, and a powdered semi-coke for use in steam power plants...
...SECRET OF 37 HARDY STREET-Robert J. Casey-Bobbs Merrill...
Says Author Faÿ: "The secret of Franklin was his memory and his shrewd cleverness. It was easy for him to recall the slightest detail of even distant events, and he had a plan for everything." In spite of his careful creed of moderation, Ben was "cheerful and fond of good living, a hearty drinker and a good story teller." Also, though Author Faÿ does not labor the point, Ben had little saintliness in his blood: in 1785 he had a great-grandson, the illegitimate son of the illegitimate son of his illegitimate son. Author Faÿ, ironic...