Word: veils
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...think back to that oh-so-very-not-long-ago meeting, I laugh at how innocent I was behind the Rawlsian “veil of ignorance” when it came to Harvard. And what I find is that it is almost impossible to remember what that was like...
Instead, embrace a new veil of ignorance. Remember that most people (like my former self) do not know anything about Harvard, or if they do it’s a one-sentence image—and usually negative. Harvard may be something special and unique, but most Americans don’t flaunt their colleges...
...tiny ways that average people find to defy their oppressors - adults crushing grapes in bathtubs to make wine, teenagers trying to be hip though hip was against the law. She knows you will find these flashes of humanity familiar, even if you have never been forced to wear a veil and beat your breast twice a day in grade school. Satrapi, 33, grew up in Iran during the Islamic revolution, and then the war with Iraq, before her parents sent her to Europe at 14 to save her from the punishment her curiosity attracted in Tehran. She now lives...
...revelations of "Persepolis" already make it a required read, it has taken on even more importance in the current geopolitical climate. Written with astonishing detail and from the point of view of a child, "Persepolis" domesticates world events and makes them relatable and real. It pulls back the veil on a culture that utterly preoccupies us, but about which we know little. Its complicated personal portrait makes it impossible to think of Iran as the monolithic fundamentalist terror state of our fears...
...scoffed at WHO warnings against travel to southern China and declared, "It is perfectly safe" to visit the country. An official familiar with leadership briefings says senior leaders must have known they were spreading false assurances, but "the pressure to say everything is under control is enormous." Still, the veil of secrecy unraveled. In mid-April, as the government stuck to its claims that the disease was under control, current and former health professionals in China revealed to TIME that authorities were suppressing the number of suspected cases and had ordered doctors to adhere to requirements for diagnosing SARS that...