Word: becloud
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...domestic problems exist and must be solved, but occupied Germany is not the place to consider them, and such discussions simply becloud the issue of German war guilt. To borrow a twist from the world heavyweight champion, T Sgt. Joe Louis, a G.I. who isn't tongue-tied at critical moments: "There ain't nothing wrong with us that Mr. Hitler...
...rolls up a majority of more than 100,000 in Hague's Hudson County-enough to insure the Boss' Statewide rule. Informed that Edison was already taking the field for a series of speeches, Hague tossed a grenade toward the State capitol: "He is thus attempting to becloud the issue. ... I am, therefore, handing over the State leadership of the Democratic Party to Governor Edison." By then he had hooked off to Arizona with Mrs. Hague, who, he said, was ailing...