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...puzzling phenomenon that the pollsters have not been able to cope with, or even explain thoroughly, is the so-called closet Reaganite. For whatever reason, people clearly voted for Reagan in this election who had said they would...
Never did wear them, as it turned out. Bought them, and a suit to match, but they stayed in the closet, curling up at the toes. In the late '50s, he and Snidow studied art at a school in Hollywood, of all places, and his G.I. Bill ran out, so he went back to Oklahoma. There he set himself up as an easel painter; commercial art didn't interest him. The paintings he liked to do interested almost no one else. What he painted was scenes of the Old West, cowboys and Indians, cattle and horses. Pictures scraggly...
Manley's followers claimed that the CIA was supporting Seaga and covertly supplying him with arms, while Seaga's supporters characterized Manley as a closet revolutionary who would turn the island into another Cuba...
...others the belief that it is important to avoid at all costs "appearing gay" in public. We were all reminded that anyone who is identified as gay is extremely vulnerable to attack. Walking home--in a group, for safety's sake--I was more aware than ever that the closet which supposedly protects gay people is nothing more than a glorified prison...
...Crichton stocks her closet regularly with shirts for less than a dollar, wool tweed blazers for less than $2, or winter coats for $4 each...