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universal veil
universal veil A membranaceous structure which encloses the young
fruit body in certain types of
agaric; the universal veil is ruptured as the fruit body expands.
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Veil Debate in Britain Is Also Divisive for Muslims
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Britain. While the veil issue has exacerbated...Blair - - who called veils a "mark of separation...Muslim women who wear veils. She said she recently...said the full-face veil was "out of place...compelled to wear veils by men in their family...have reclaimed the veil and redefined ...
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Veil of ignorance rules in constitutional law.
Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; A veil of ignorance role (more briefly a "veil role") is a role that suppresses self-interested behavior...benefits and burdens that will result from a decision. (1) A veil rule may produce this distributive uncertainty by either of...
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VEIL Interactive Technologies Granted Key U.S. Patent for Method Of Transmitting Data via Viewable Portion of Video Signal.
PR Newswire; 1/9/2001; 700+ words
; VEIL Extends Portfolio of Interactive Technologies with VEIL II Patent And Exclusive License of Five U.S. Patents...Interactive, Inc. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- VEIL(TM) Interactive Technologies, the provider of wireless...
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Abolishing veil piercing
Magazine article from: Journal of Corporation Law; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the equitable remedy known as "piercing the corporate veil."4 The "veil" of the "corporate fiction," or the "artificial...crime, the courts will draw aside the web [i.e., veil] of entity, will regard the corporate company as an...
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The Veil Unveiled: The Hijab in Modern Culture
Newspaper article from: Domes; 1/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Texas, Austin, examines the role of the veil in popular culture in Muslim and non...Western and non-Western. She shows how the veil is being manipulated by advertisers, journalists...Shirazi then examines several uses of the veil in business, arts, and politics. The...
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VEIL Interactive Technologies Announces Expansion with Opening of Operations In Chicago.
PR Newswire; 12/19/2000; 700+ words
; ...ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- VEIL(TM) Interactive Technologies, the provider...sales and marketing -- Midwest region. VEIL technologies offer a universal platform...growth strategy. The location provides VEIL an opportunity to create additional relationships...
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Muslim veils under siege in France.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 9/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...calling for outlawing veils and head scarves in public...introduce its own anti-veil legislation. "The government...Cherifi, who handles veil issues at the Ministry...murky rules permitting veils in school, so long as...Chirac opposed to anti-veil legislation backed by...
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Interpreting veils: Meanings have changed with politics, history.(The Seattle Times)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the imagined meanings of the veil have made Muslim women targets...Canada and the United States, veil-wearing Muslim women have...them has left those beneath the veils feeling saddened and misunderstood...impossible to say exactly what the veil means. Its use predates Islam...
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Taking the veil: Reem Haddad on why Lebanese women are covering up.(Letter from Lebanon)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...long ago, when wearing a veil was seen as unacceptable...thought, did not wear veils. Only five years ago...daughter of mine puts on a veil,' she told me sternly...class women to wear veils. As one put it: 'With...of Islam is to wear the veil.' Yasmine Dabbous...
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MUSLIM VEILS UNDER SIEGE IN FRANCE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 9/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...calling for outlawing veils and head scarves in public...introduce its own anti-veil legislation. The government...Cherifi, who handles veil issues at the Ministry...murky rules permitting veils in school, so long as...Chirac opposed to anti-veil legislation backed by...
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Veils
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Veils In Mesopotamia, the...Euphrates Rivers, a veil was a rectangular piece...could be beautiful, veils were not worn for fashionable reasons alone. Veils were one of the first...The first use of the veil dates back to the Assyrians...
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veil
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the early forms of the veil. The 20th cent. brought forth a great variety of veils—from large veils...delicate, decorative nose veils. The modern veil, of chiffon or net...embroidered or embossed. Veils have often had symbolic...
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Veil, in African American Culture
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Veil, in African American Culture The veil in African American culture is a mystical dimension of a spiritual...slaves on the Middle Passage. An infant “ born with a veil ” of fetal membrane enveloping the head was interpreted...
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Veil, in Middle Eastern and North African Cultures
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Veil, in Middle Eastern and North African Cultures The veil — or hijab — is attire that is said...Muslim countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the veil takes varied forms: the head-scarf, loose jacket, and...
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Lamb's dust-veil index
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Lamb's dust-veil index Index, devised by H. H. Lamb...eruptions, and of the duration of an effective veil intercepting the Sun's radiation. It...also, because the maximum extent of the veil over the Earth varies, being greatest...
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