Word: closets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...deafening message to conservatives: Get to the back of the bus and shut up!" Dole has said she opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest and where the life of the mother is threatened, but die-hard conservatives worry about her staff's influence. Cunningham's Liddy-the-Closet-Liberal complaint was soon picked up by others, including Sheila Moloney, executive director of the conservative Eagle Forum. Moloney calls Dole's selection of advisers--with its emphasis on Eastern Republican operatives like political strategist Kieran Mahoney and committee manager Tom Daffron--"troubling...
Boone was one of many speakers who explored the dynamics of coming out of the closet in a professional setting...
...reason I decided to be out was that it's so much easier...I didn't feel like managing all the issues involved with being in the closet," he added...
...should have seen it coming, I have, hidden in the deep dark corners of my past, a history of being what some might call a "terrible" dresser. In junior high and high school, my closet was filled with a variety of fantastic items-knee-length plaid shorts, funky Hawaiian shirts and even a pair of plastic earrings shaped like orange clownfish. My sister, then an ultra fashion-conscious cheerleader, tried and failed to make me hide in the closet when her friends came over. (Much to my chagrin, she could hide the clownfish in there.) In the southern Texas fashion...
...college life progressed and I wormed my way into various summer internships, the oddities in my closet had to make way for shades of khaki, white and an awful lot of black. My outfits began to-gasp-coordinate. My mother was proud. My sister was relieved. My employers were satisfied. And at first, I too was happy. Then I realized the stifling truth: I was mysteriously drawn to clothes that secretly made me gag because I felt I should like them, not because I actually did like them. Today, fortunately, I've finally reached my fashion pinnacle. Through time, trial...