Word: guardedness
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Quakers established some of the earliest independent schools in America: Philadelphia's William Penn Charter School was founded in 1689, New York's Friends Seminary in 1786, Sidwell in 1883 (when it was called the Friends' Select School). From the start, Quaker schools aimed to instill the distinct values of...
In recent years the Justice Department has rarely drawn kind words from Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, who has aggressively sought key Bush Administration memos related to anti-terrorism policies. But the Vermont Democrat and strident White House critic offered measured praise this week when the Justice Department agreed...
While the Obama of today is a highly polished, and at times guarded, politician, colleagues noted that the qualities that would help him rise to presidential candidacy were already apparent during less scrutinized days on the Law Review.
Armed with a camera and a degree in psychology from UCLA, Bill was often hired to work with difficult subjects and was known for coming away with memorable shots and an intact reputation. His pictures allowed viewers an intimate window into typically guarded personalities such as Marlene Dietrich, Chet Baker...
When Saakashvili unleashed a massive artillery-and-rocket barrage on the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali last Thursday night, the Russian response was all too predictable: having jealously guarded the territory's autonomy from Georgia as a point of leverage against Tbilisi's desire to join NATO, Moscow launched an...