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...poster behind the defendants. It reads: "England is worse than the U.S., but the Soviet Union is worse than both of them." Now tell me, how can England be worse than "the Great Satan"? A friend suggests that perhaps it is because Margaret Thatcher refuses to wear the veil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 16, 1984 | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...veil of secrecy is drawn so tight that not only is it impossible to reconstruct the events of the past, but even to reveal the existence of a debate about the meaning of those events....One does not expect...university presidents to adapt Orwell's memory hole" to the governance of universities...

Author: By Sigmund Diamond, | Title: Keeping Secrets | 4/5/1984 | See Source »

...registered Democrats and Republicans differ only slightly on specific issues. Instead, it apparently in Reagan's charisma that accounts for much of his strong support. Most of the press has been preoccupied with Reagan's mystique in general;, his undeclared candidacy in particular. Now that Reagan has discarded his veil of secrecy and declared himself a candidate, he should be judged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan's Running? | 2/4/1984 | See Source »

...concern. Though purchased with care this past August in Jerusalem, my first mezuza will be ungrudgingly replaced. My unqualified trust, however, will never be. Somewhere out there a bigot persists, couching his prejudice in such sheepish acts. Even alone, he is a danger worth confronting. The smallest acts may veil the deepest sentiments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bigotry | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay activist. At noon, 1,000 San Franciscans protested by marching noisily through the city's financial district, blowing whistles and shouting, "He got away with murder." Sister Boom-Boom, a transvestite dressed in a nun's wimple and veil and motorcycle leathers, told the crowd, "Dan White's got a new life sentence - and it's not going to be a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uneasy Freedom | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

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