This trick did not suggest duplicity or
secretiveness, but merely long habit, as with the horse.
In fine, this particular exploit entirely justified itself in my eyes, in spite of the superfluous (but invariable)
secretiveness which I could seldom help resenting in my heart I never thought less of it than in the present instance; and my one mild reproach was on the subject of the phantom Crawshay.
He had the instinctive
secretiveness of the inveterate criminal.
The
secretiveness is not unwarranted: Europe-based Iranian dissidents continue to be in the crosshairs of an intelligence ministry whose tentacles extend across the Middle East and beyond.
This coastal area 'had taken on an even greater
secretiveness' during the war, for fear of a German invasion.
The
secretiveness maintained about the crucial details of the CPEC by the PML-N government which had presented the project as China's gift to Nawaz Sharif's government led the PML-N's opponents to raise questions that would not have arisen had there been sufficient transparency.
The party observed that the US report directly indicted the APC-led Federal Government of official corruption,
secretiveness, high-handedness, restriction of personal freedom and rights, executive influence on the judiciary, wanton arrests, detention and persecution of opposition as well as extra judicial and arbitrary killing of citizens by state-controlled security forces.
'When the children show abnormal behavior like change in eating habits,
secretiveness, social withdrawal or outburst of anger, it is time to consult a psychiatrist,' Dr Mufti said cautioning parents not to hand over their children to servants as a first step to their protection.
However, to reap the real dividends of the law for the people of Pakistan, change in the mindset at every level would play crucial role so that the culture of openness could replace the culture of
secretiveness and a general trend of shying away from taking responsibility and being accountable.
And sometimes, finding the right treatment can feel impossible, especially if there's shame and
secretiveness involved.
While many reasons can be offered for such
secretiveness, like security, I find it ironic that when I made Philippine flood maps, I had to rely on US agencies to download Philippine data.