Word: scarfed
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...representation on the UC. The group supports minority students who run and vote in UC elections.The debate ended with a request that the candidates say one nice thing about the other candidates. “I really like Tom’s accent and Annie’s pink scarf,” said Voith. “Haddock is one of the smartest guys you’ll ever meet...He’s smarter than me,” Grimeland answered. Nancy A. Hung ’08—co-publicity chair of the Asian-American Association...
...occur at an institution that is generally extremely tolerant. “I definitely think this is an exception to the norm,” she said. “I’ve never faced any sort of discrimination, and I’ve been wearing a head scarf for a long time. It was very jarring to have something like this happen on a campus where I feel safe and people are so tolerant.” Other Muslim undergraduates and representatives from Islamic student groups were surprised by the incident, expressing concern that it occurred...
...Zubaidi and a colleague of his who survived the shooting, Thamer al-Khuzaie, described in detail a Nov. 6 visit to consult with a client at U.S-administered Camp Cropper. They met Barzan Ibrahim Hasan, head of Iraqi intelligence in the 1980s, in a trailer. Inexplicably, he appeared with a scarf wrapped around his head so that they could see only his eyes. They say they were not allowed to see his face and were told not to hand him any papers. A U.S. soldier sat at the table with the lawyers during the duration of their visit...
...Sept. 11, 2001, "changed the role of the American imam for good," Magid believes. Muslims in this country found their religion under attack. His female congregants who wore the hijab, or traditional scarf, on their head were harassed at shopping centers. Last year a man shouted "Terrorists!" at the mosque's Girl Scouts as they sold cookies at a nearby grocery store. And since 9/11, the ADAMS center has been vandalized four times and the graffiti GO HOME painted on its walls...
...This becomes clear as a woman with an orange scarf and a brown dog walks down into the sparse basement of a house on Mt. Auburn Street, looking for campaign flyers. Noticing a new face in the room, she turns to introduce herself...