Word: secretively
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speaking of these and other documents, du Pont officials kept referring to what they called the "Poison Label," a special mark placed on secret documents in the company files that were to be read only by Senate committee investigators or du Pont directors. The "Poison Label" turned out to be a square rubber stamp that read...
...birth. A few years ago Crown Prince Umberto used to be the last hope of antiFascists who tried to believe that he once challenged Mussolini to a duel. Last week H. R. H. cooled his heels in respectful silence while Il Duce opened the discussion. Though the session was secret, leaks indicated that the Dictator, who had never before summoned all the King's generals, wanted to know if they had any objection to still further reducing the term of Italian compulsory military service from 18 months to one year. In their splendid olive green uniforms the generals gravely...
This is the one about the lady spy whose espionage and counter espionage is complicated by affairs of the heart. "Stamboul Quest," concerning the exploits of Myrna Loy as a German secret service agent, bears too striking resemblance to the well-known story of Mata Hari, and suffers accordingly. Despite the stereotyped plot, the film is capably handled, and proves interesting. Miss Loy, entrusted with the all-important mission of investigating the loyalty of the Turkish commander of the Dardanelles, moves through her role with capable restraint. George Brent is the disturbing factor in Miss Loy's counter-espionage...
...have been married 35 years and she knows well enough I am a Monarchist," shouted General Karel. "But what do I have to put up with? She insults the picture of Kaiser Karl* that hangs in our home. Worse than that she is a notorious Nazi. She holds secret Nazi meetings in our attic without my knowledge. Such goings on! I don't feel in such circumstances that my pension is safe...
...When they are in Detroit, where they live in millions of dollars worth of houses and at least $1,000,000 worth of yachts, the Fisher Brothers lunch together daily. No outsider is ever admitted to these secret family councils. Last week, however, a break occurred in what, except for their brotherhood, is their most conspicuous bond-General Motors. Fred, the eldest, the richest, and the spokesman for the other six Fishers, and Charles suddenly resigned from GM to spend more time on their personal business. That left four Fishers to build the bodies and watch over the vast Fisher...