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...from reports of snafus at the statue's original dedication. In 1886 it rained on their parade. "If it drizzles," says Wolper, "we all get umbrellas. If it's a hurricane, we go the following evening." At the first ceremony, the signal to drop the French tricolor veil from Liberty's face set guns to booming and crowds to cheering during a speech by New York Senator William Evarts. Wolper's nightmare: the President hits the button to light the statue, but nothing happens. So a $250,000 backup system is in place...
...called the military an "independent force" which is protected under a veil of patriotism. It is primarily an American misconception that the military is subject to the democratic process which accounts for it becoming so powerful that it could distort the international situation, Galbraith said...
...many women are striving to push their way into the 1980s. A growing number are refusing to wear a veil in public, and some run businesses and are entering professions and occupations in which they work side by side with men. At King Saud University, female students still attend classes on a separate campus and listen to lectures from male professors over closed-circuit TV. But beneath their veiled garments, many are outfitted in tight skirts, spike heels and snug-fitting tops and resemble nothing so much as Brooke Shields look- alikes. The coeds are becoming more aggressive...
...disorders divide foods into "good" and "bad" categories. "If they've eaten one bad food, they might feel they've ruined the day; they might as well eat more; it won't matter. It's a painful cycle to be in. Women feel compelled. It's a kind of veil coming down over them. They feel like they can't break the cycle," says Honnet...
...play. The Werles' first-act party takes place in shadow behind a mirrored wall, which later turns out also to have concealed the grim garret where the Ekdals live. When the action shifts there, lush red drapes bordering the stage drop to the floor, as if a veil were ripped aside to reveal reality. The staircase leading from the living floor to the aerie where the Ekdals keep caged birds, including the duck of the title, is a noisy, bone-jouncing climb. The family's photo business consists of little more than a giant lamp that can be swung around...