The absence of evidence, it reasoned, merely proved how secretive the Soviets were!
But Calico has proved to be extremely secretive.
Mr. Magaw proved to be imperious, secretive and impolitic in his dealings with airport managers and Congress.
Cheney's combative instincts and belief in an unfettered and secretive executive proved far more influential at the White House than Bush's campaign promise to be "a uniter, not a divider".
Now in charge of the company's most important development project, Mr. Sinofsky has proved to be far more secretive than his predecessor, Jim Allchin, who retired from Microsoft this year.
But the notoriously secretive former staffer has proved a pleasantly acerbic surprise.
Just tossing around ideas on anything nuclear with an NGO in the room has already proved a culture shock for Britain's secretive nuclear folk.
Shortages of fuel and power are now chronic.For those concerned more with politics, whether from an Islamist or secular point of view, the Muslim Brotherhood's secretive and bullying style has proved deeply frustrating.
(Schick placed Boulez's two Mallarmé settings amid Ravel's "Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé," making the two composers seem like avatars of a single secretive spirit. Mellissa Hughes proved a staggeringly flexible vocal soloist).
The most secretive Admin. in our history has proved to be threatening us with a surfeit of disclosure--if not now, then at some future date when the doors of the Nixon library are thrown open.
