Word: veils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was speculation about whom Giscard would name Premier when the National Assembly reopens April 3. Early on, the rumors favored Health Minister Simone Veil, who the polls say is France's most popular political figure, and two prominent Gaullists, ex-Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Justice Minister Alain Peyrefitte. By midweek, however, Elysée sources were confidently predicting that Giscard would reappoint Raymond Barre. After all, it was no coincidence that the three goals of Giscard's new administration-economic recovery, social justice and bureaucratic reform -were spelled out in the presidential address in exactly...
...presentation took place in the penthouse of Hilles, where samples of Chinmoy's artwork are on display. The books were stacked in a single column and covered by a white veil, which one of Chinmoy's disciples removed as the Yogi spoke...
After several chapters of pseudo-sophisticated dialogue and self-flagellating self-analysis, the inevitable happens: while jogging in Central Park, Oliver finally meets a girl who seems to break through the veil of rudeness he uses to fend off the world. But if you cried when Ali McGraw angelically faded out in the film version of Love Story, fear not. Marcie, heiress-apparent to the former all-Ivy wing, is no match for Jennifer Cavilleri. She is, however, outrageously rich, mysterious, athletic and beautiful. Oliver's first comment about her is that she has a "fantastic ass." Obviously, Oliver...
...fantasies. They looked anonymous and shapeless. Almost every woman gathered the folds of the robe at her throat with one hand and clutched an infant or a bag of vegetables with the other. Their identical, self-effacing garments (which, however, are not religiously sanctioned, and do not veil the face) and their burdened hands bespoke the modesty and servility which characterizes the Muslim woman everywhere...
SCHUMACHER THEREFORE makes no attempt to veil the values on which he bases his economics. For him, permanence, along with the cardinal virtues of health and beauty, is the qualitative criterion on which economic activity should be judged. If an activity cannot be sustained over a long time without poisoning the environment or degrading the social structure, then it is not worth continuing, regardless of its effect on GNP. What we really need from scientists and technologists is not "fantastic satisfactions" like space flight but methods and equipment... "cheap enough to be accessible to everyone; suitable for small-scale application...