Word: concealled
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...loosely be translated as "blessings of Hussein," an allusion to Ali's son, another imam revered by the Shi'ites. Obama's strenuous denials made no difference to these theorists: they simply reasoned that he must be practicing al-Taqqiya, or dissimulation; Shi'ite jurists say believers may conceal their faith from infidels in order to protect themselves from harm...
...professional army, and professional units don't conceal their identity by wearing masks...
...mankind through the metaphoric lens of birds to deliver simple but haunting imagery: “Some of them are sedentary and some are migrants. / Their short wings are bad for flying. / Some of them are Japanese.” Étienne’s unassuming words conceal much greater significance. It takes about half a section before the meaning of her simple thoughts are made clear, but once they are, a whole metaphorical world of meaning is discovered. This world that Étienne creates is one centered around the idea of art. The most interesting sections...
...taking any chances. The bus conductor, 30, prepares for his twice-weekly Kabul-to-Kandahar trips by exchanging his city outfit for the filthy tunic and voluminous trousers of a poor mechanic, the better to fool potential robbers. He rubs grease and dirt on his face to conceal from possible Taliban attackers that he is clean-shaven. These precautions, Saboor says, have saved his life. Just the other day, a gang of thieves robbed his passengers at gunpoint. Two weeks ago, Taliban insurgents pulled some 50 passengers off a bus and slaughtered 27 men they falsely claimed were Afghan soldiers...
...former Detroit mayor is moving to a new home Oct. 28th - a 15-by-10-foot county jail cell where he will spend the next 120 days for lying during a civil trial to conceal an extramarital affair. Kilpatrick resigned in September after 8 months of accusations, denials and litigation that cost the city millions of dollars and brought its political development to a halt...