Word: masking
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...little like getting clearance into a correctional facility. A woman cloaked in head-to-toe blue protective gear stands watch at the sliding glass doors, checking visitors' foreheads to ensure that no one running too high a fever gets through. Those who pass muster are given a blue surgical mask and entry to the fluorescent-lit waiting room. Those who don't are ushered to a clutch of plastic chairs outside, under a blue tent - a makeshift isolation and triage area - near a sign that says, in English and Chinese, "Fever Area...
...feeling of betrayal is made all the more potent by his duplicity, and his reputation is all the more tarnished by the lies at its base. Simply put, it comes as a bigger blow to discover that Spitzer was a crooked man wearing an honest man’s mask than if we had known him to be crooked all along. New York is surely weary of sanctimonious politicians who say one thing and do another. Incoming governor David A. Paterson has inherited a difficult situation from Eliot Spitzer, but hopefully he will assume the office with the transparency...
...expense of our solidarity and ability to support one another. We would do well to remember Plato’s advice, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” The strength and competence that we sometimes project can mask feelings of inadequacy, depression, and even suicidal thoughts...
...during a Yale 5-on-3, a nearly two-minute sequence during which the Bulldogs unleashed seven shots but never found the back of the net, thanks to an impressive series of saves from the sophomore. After Richter stopped one Yale offering with his face, the buckles on his mask flew apart, forcing him to remove the helmet. The officials, however, allowed play to continue for a few seconds as Yale regained the puck and prepared for another try at the now-significantly underprotected Harvard goaltender. “They didn’t [notice],” Richter said...
...Voice hearers must navigate a society that often views them as freaks and potential criminals: Bullimore says he's been spat upon, called a "psycho" and had his face slashed with a broken vase by people who know of his condition. In public, some voice hearers mask internal arguments by appearing to shout into their cell phones. Others wear headphones to drown out the sound, or set up appointments during which the voices can vent at their leisure...