Word: cloak
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When Kennedy first learned of the missiles, on Oct. 16, he knew he had to get them out of Cuba. For a month before, Soviet officials had told us no missiles had been delivered to Cuba and none would be. Clearly the Soviets had introduced them under the cloak of deception, and if they got away with that, they might believe they could do it elsewhere. That day Kennedy brought together his top advisers and told us to meet until we came to an agreement on what course to take...
Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences William C. Kirby, who is directly responsible for Lewis’ ousting, has attempted to cloak this removal in terms of a proposed reorganization of the bureaucratic structure of the College. But this is no excuse for such a sudden and public pink slip. Kirby’s new plan would consolidate the Office of Undergraduate Education, currently led by Dean Benedict H. Gross ’71, with the Office of the Dean of the College, in the most significant shuffling in recent history. But no compelling reason has been...
There would certainly be benefits to bringing more countries on board. Sealing a second resolution would allow the Administration to drape a multilateralist cloak over what many have charged is a U.S.-driven obsession with ousting Saddam. A U.N. stamp of approval would also make it easier for the U.S. to ask for the U.N.'s help in rebuilding Iraq after the war. And the various issues that will clamor for the world's attention after Iraq--from North Korea to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--could grow into far more dangerous crises if the U.S. and its allies...
...would like to drop the cloak of anonymity and take our place among the other standing committees of the University,” Shelemay said...
...filing amicus briefs in our inboxes supporting Winerman’s right to form his group and solicit membership under whatever terms he pleased. The idea of invading countries to replace their current leaders with ones conducive to American national interests is noxious and simple-minded in itself, but cloak the notion in the rhetoric of Tom Paine and Michael Sandel and you’ve got yourself an Idea, and with it a veritable army of defenders. In an environment of extreme rhetorical posturing founded on rigorous and uncompromising tolerance for speech on its own—a present...