1.   The objection is that secrecy makes it very difficult to assess the value of a deal and therefore to judge the true state of the market.

2.   But the secrecy made it impossible to modify these programs, which were inelastic and often error-prone.

3.   For publishers and literary critics, the secrecy makes speculating about the prize frustrating and fascinating.

4.   Journalists, however, said the secrecy itself makes that job tougher.

5.   Many heirs of Holocaust victims have complained that Swiss banking secrecy has made it impossible to find wealth invested by family members.

6.   The secrecy makes exhibitions like this one eagerly awaited events in the art world.