Sentences with phrase «kept in the dark regarding»

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This «flat spectrum» for GJ1214b indicated that something in the planet's upper atmosphere blocked light, keeping scientists in the dark regarding its atmosphere.

Suspecting that Headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) may be fueling the rumors regarding Voldemort's return in order to undermine his authority and lay claim to his job, Fudge entrusts newly arrived Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) with the task of tracking Dumbledore and keeping a protective watch over the nervous student body.

1908: Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery «Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies» eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow it was a quiet, well - conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the why and wherefores thereof.»

RIM had been keeping the market in the dark regarding the development of its answer to Apple's iPad, leading some to question whether the device would be released on schedule.

Many cultures regard dragons as keepers of secrets, but all the dragons of literature and reality won't stop me from dropping this dark little fact I've kept under lock and key in my heart since childhood:

I would go so far, in light of the efforts of the current administration, the EPA, and of late even NASA to «manage» findings by climate scientists that someone intended for the press release from the USGS Newsroom to keep the public in the dark regarding this point as they proclaimed: «Century of Data Shows Intensification of Water Cycle but No Increase in Storms or Floods»

Everything from beer to medicine is bottled in dark colored bottles in a bid to keep ultraviolet light (and visible light as well with regard to beer) from reaching the contents — the effects of which can range from irritating (when your beer doesn't taste right any more) to life threatening (when your medication has begun to break down and is no longer effective).