The Imperial Commander was less likely to lie, yet still might shade the truth to conceal problems.

Life expectancy is still an average measure, however, and might conceal problems for some groups within wealthy countries.

This "allows homes to conceal problems if they so desire."

His instinct was to conceal problems.

They say the company is nearly insolvent and has tried to conceal financial problems.

The accounting improprieties were necessary, the filing said, because they helped conceal burgeoning problems related to Halliburton's exposure to asbestos claims.

They said the accelerated pace often leads recruiters to overlook or illegally conceal psychological problems and police records that might make a recruit ineligible.

Understanding the problems of money-losing enterprises is complicated by the fact that everyone is trying to conceal problems from everyone else.

The problem is that even technical implementation, i.e. even the regulations issued on this basis, often conceal problems for our citizens.

"They are too close to industry, concealing problems, rather than revealing and dealing with them," he said.