Word: clouded
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...fact that some parents are bullies shouldn't cloud the issue of what decent parents might reasonably expect of teachers. Dissatisfied with the local primary school, Sydney mother-of-three Rachael withdrew her eldest daughter, now 10, and enrolled her in a private school. Her daughter's very bright, Rachael explains - with an IQ in the top 1% - but has a condition that interferes with her reading. So Rachael makes a point of meeting her daughter's teacher at the start of each year and regularly thereafter. "I make sure they've got all the literature...
...mushroom cloud of suspicion hangs over this segment of Oppenheimer’s life. In 1943 he made the mistake of spending a night with his former lover, the sometimes lesbian Tatlock. Given her Red leanings, that dalliance constituted a clear breach of security. (Half a year later, Tatlock was dead by her own hand, although some still speculate that she was murdered.) Then came truly devastating revelations of the “Chevalier affair.” In winter 1942, Oppenheimer’s friend Haakon Chevalier had approached him on behalf of another Communist about turning over secret...
...thus, after nearly seven hours of baseball under a chilly cloud cover, the Crimson retired to Cambridge in the same position it started—one game up in the standings...
...Okay-lah. Yet the sleepy, soggy Kinta Valley comes alive in Aw's fluid prose, and the mythical Seven Maidens are as idyllic as any Malaysian isles. World War II and the cloud of collaboration hang over Johnny and his country, while the absurdities of British rule clearly shape his urge to become rich and cultured. Of course, these are concerns shared by people throughout Asia, Africa and other places who have known foreign domination and who have their own quiet valleys and lush islands to treasure in this age of onrushing development. Aw's triumph is to have produced...
...previous weeks, a ray of Crimson offense peeped through the cloud, with Harvard generating an inchoate rally around halftime. Freshman attack Tara Schoen unleashed a noteworthy shot from free position with 6:07 left in the half to pull the Crimson back...