Word: veil
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enemy was supposed to be slinking behind some innocent looking isle, hidden behind a veil of mist, when the fleet poured out of Pearl Harbor in a sortie. But there wasn't any enemy, and there wasn't any mist to hide him-it was a perfect day. The fleet was only partly in Pearl Harbor because the harbor needs dredging before the heavy battleships can enter...
...morning last week. Readers who cast a breakfast-table glance at this announcement were suddenly possessed of a curious emotion. Their eyes raced down the column. "The bride," they read, "wore a gown of white satin trimmed with old rose point lace and cut with a court train. Her veil of tulle was held with orange blossoms and she carried a shower bouquet of white orchids and lilies of the valley." An amazing picture rose in the minds of the Tory breakfasters-that of a fashionable church, wall-eyed ushers, pretty bridesmaids, a young bridegroom of an excellent Washington family...
When the uncertain veil had lifted a little, it was affirmed that, although many arrests had been made, the number did not reach the tens of thousands reported and that many prisoners had been released after interrogation. The large number of summary killings reported was considerably reduced. Alost, not all, had taken place when suspects had resisted arrest by armed force...
Painting the Veil, Mr. Maugham Does Not Gild the Lily
Despite the prejudices of Harvard and Princeton men in charge, coeducation is established at Beirut. The lecturer showed the importance of this by the instance of the Moslem girl who removed her veil--for the first time in public--in chapel, and of the Jewish girl who sat at table with men of all faiths...