Word: masking
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...matched his dislike for the big, imposing network ones. In front of them, he had to work, but when the red light was lighted on Pelosi's Sony handheld, that was fun. Even on the night of his loss in Michigan, Bush was mugging for Pelosi, wearing a sleeping mask and bumping his way down the plane aisle...
...have titles like “Marriage is NOT the Cure” and “Heather goes to Hell High School.” The accompanying charcoal illustrations with foreboding captions offer tormented perspectives on earthly life. On page 12, one man discovers that the mask of outward happiness with which he has disguised himself has grown onto his face. On 21, a woman’s therapist shoots herself in the stomach, leaving her to her Valium addiction and post-abortion depression. The pamphlet leaves no room for question—the outside world is a swamp...
...customers a day, she insists she has never been happier. But sitting in a restaurant by the Nam Ruak River, the 10-m-wide watery frontier at Mae Sai's northern end, Pim can't stop gazing at her homeland on the opposite bank. For a few moments, the mask drops. "No one is here because they want to be here," she murmurs. "Everyone's here because they have to be." Looking away, she starts quietly weeping. Without a good command of Thai or the right documents allowing her to return to her village in Burma, Pim has given...
...Another reason people steal identities is to mask their participation in a crime. The more convincingly a criminal can establish he is someone else, the more likely it is the authorities won't come after that criminal...
...dominant theme is relaxation. A peppermint and spearmint eye mask lies on the shelf and the sound of trickling water can be heard from a miniature artificial waterfall. A card on top of the book shelf reads, “Take time every day to sit still and listen...