Word: cloak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead of waiting for our instructors to challenge our X, Y proclamations, we might reshape ourselves in the liberal tradition and throw off the shackles of identity labels. We might choose to resist the urge to adopt opinions that appear to derive from our identities and instead cloak ourselves in the liberal traditions of open-minded observation, logic, and close analysis. Instead of sticking by our favored X, Y constructions, maybe we should instead subscribe only to a single shared maxim: As a student, I feel curious...
...cross set aflame by men in white sheets is surely terrifying. But here's something possibly scarier: an Internet-connected, media-savvy gang of racists who cloak their members in suits and their rhetoric in mainstream politics. In 1999 which really sounds worse--a white supremacist with a club or one wielding a law degree...
...woman. "That's an insult to his pride as an intelligence professional," says Dowell, "and he's hitting back by accusing the CIA operatives dealing with Iraq of being more concerned with advancing their careers than with the real danger posed by Iraq's weapons." That'll teach those cloak-and-dagger boys to mess with a Marine...
...than necessary. There needs to be a greater understanding that discussion is not the same as advocacy. Talking about the indiscretions of the President in government class does not mean that the school supports or endorses "inappropriate" behavior. It is high time to move beyond outdated sensibilities that cloak sexuality in shame and secrecy...
...Betty Currie: A chador, or "intern smuggler," the cloak that covers a woman from head...