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...shroud of secrecy surrounded the most recent presidential search process, a shroud darker than those found at other universities. Many members of the Board of Overseers, who ultimately voted on the final recommendation, did not know until the very end who the candidates were or how far the search had progressed. Those who did know were required to keep silent. There are merits to a confidential procedure, especially in the late stages. But the level of secrecy during the last presidential search was excessive...
...wouldn't limit itself to the Pentagon's single, simple decoy. The enemy could slip its warhead inside a decoy balloon and deploy it along with a dozen identical balloons, forcing the Pentagon into a futile effort to destroy all of them. The warhead might be cloaked in a shroud of liquid nitrogen, chilling it so that the interceptor's heat-seeking sensors couldn't find it. Chemical or biological weapons might be deployed in dozens of bomblets far too numerous to destroy...
...spirit of a murdered student her husband once had an affair with. Based on an idea by Steven Spielberg, the film promises to be a sly adventure, full of twists and surprises, comparable to The Sixth Sense. Zemekis has wrapped his production in a shroud of secrecy, although the film is said to boast computer effects and shocks in the tradition of his earlier films Forrest Gump and the dubious Death Becomes Her. But even though Internet surfers are buzzing with conspiracy theories of their own about the film's plotline, test screenings have been less than spectacular...
...annoying parts of Hamlet without the really cool sword fight at the end. Fortunately, he seems to find himself by the second act; as he tries to come to terms with his loss, Robert discovers disturbing facets of his personality which had been buried in a shroud of mourning...
...shamefully indulge in evaluating the subtleties of e-mails sent between Britney Spears and Prince William, absorbing every tidbit of insight regarding potential lovebirds Joey and Pacey, and critiquing Christina Aguilera's newest 'do (yup, she is still ugly). Like sneaking crack cocaine across the border, I must adeptly shroud the zine behind the German intellectual tradition so that the library checker or a curious student does not catch a glimpse of my sinful adolescent delight...