Word: veils
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since then, the author's explanations of the evolution of the hip consciousness of the 1960's, his battle with the feminists, his Pulitzer Prize-winning later books (Armies of the Night and The Executioner's Song), and his stabbing of his second wife have all contributed to the veil of mystery and doubt surrounding him. Hilary Mills does an excellent job of clearing away the gossip and rumors and presents an orderly, well-documented, thoughtful chronicle of Mailer's life through which one begins to understand "what makes Norman...
...century mansion that serves as the Soviet Union's U.N. mission in Geneva or in the glass-and-steel office building that houses the U.S. headquarters near by. Although the discussions between U.S. Arms Negotiator Paul Nitze and his Soviet counterpart, Yuli Kvitsinsky, are being conducted behind a veil of secrecy, West Europeans have been watching assiduously for any hint, wink or nod that might reveal how the talks are progressing. Reason: one of the most emotionally charged issues of the 1983 international calendar, namely whether NATO will deploy 572 new U.S.-built nuclear missiles starting next year...
...items even have lower price tags today. Sears does not sell a twelve-tube Superheterodyne console radio any longer, but at $52.95 it could hardly be a match for this year's $39.95 portable AM-FM that also carries the audio portion of TV channels. Still, the misty veil of nostalgia only enhances the appeal of a Lionel electric train set ($12.79), all-steel coaster wagon ($1.98), 26-piece doll-house ($1.98) or 15-in. mohair Teddy bear...
...Knopf; 133 pages; $14.95 paperback) from museum and private collections, including her own. Among the finds: a simple cloth child in a beautifully detailed gown, the product of someone's exquisite needlework; an Indian doll caught between two cultures, dressed in buckskin, but with a nun's veil; Eskimos in sealskin, their curved ivory faces true to tribal doll convention: smiles for the boys, frowns for the girls. These miniatures are more than mere playthings. Black dolls of the South were owned by the children of slaves; after the Civil War, dolls were made with new identities: ministers...
...during the country's fratricidal struggle against left-wing terrorism. Also included on the proposed list of taboo topics was the military's humiliating defeat by Britain in last spring's Falkland Islands war, which resulted in 1,366 Argentine casualties. The government further demanded a veil of silence over its role in accumulating Argentina's $42 billion foreign debt, and over any charges of corruption against members of the current regime. In addition, the military announced that it would like a "constitutional presence" in the next national government...