Word: figs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Fig Leaf of Protection...
...personally think that the fig leaf here is extremely transparent. It isn't the case that the University will accept money from just anyone," Skocpol said. "Endorsing fundraising is probably the most official act that Harvard could make...
...deadline for an invasion has been determined, and the Jamaica meeting hasn't set any U.S. military wheelWAR BUDDIES? Even though the Carribean troops likely won't be part of an invasion, TIME's Thompson says, the operations-level staff at the Pentagon is eager to draw a "fig leaf" of international cover over their all-U.S. invasion cast, Persian Gulf-style. If force is used, he says, look for a token contingent from Canada...
...from a script Shelton wrote in 1980. A college coach (Nick Nolte) fights for traditional values against venal alumni who want to buy the best players. But the film avoids the hard truth that even traditional values in big-time college sports are a shuck. Education is just the fig leaf for the only multibillion-dollar entertainment conglomerate in which the entertainers (the players) don't get paid. The Nolte character, like any college coach, is the overseer of slave labor...
Changing sexual politics had indeed been one of the fig leaves used to discuss the case in polite company. How far can an abused wife go to protect herself? But John had been acquitted last November of marital rape. And last week the jury bought the tales of abuse and cruelty Lorena's defense team presented. A finding of temporary insanity is often a jury's way to let off a guilty defendant who has won its sympathy...