Cloak
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Periodic civil strife and rebellion were not eliminated, but only in Vietnam was the longevity of a dynasty a
cloak
for inextinguishable internecine warfare.
Seen from the outside, however, this may not appear so -- and things might be even worse if these rights were seen in that way, because then they might be regarded as religious imperialism under a civil
cloak.
Indeed, the
cloak
of Islam helps to protect the credibility of leaders who might otherwise be seen as foreign puppets.
Otto von Bismarck did, as did his fellow German Konrad Adenauer; both, in Bismarck’s memorable phrase, could hear “the rustle of God’s cloak.”
Not only is the metaphor of a fair game inappropriate, but as membership talks move ahead the argument it represents is likely to become a
cloak
for covert protectionism.
Yet in Pakistan, the United States, and other countries where lawyers have helped to lead fights for human rights and the rule of law, lofty ideals
cloak
an equally important set of interests.
The use of the CIA as a secret army of destabilization has a long, tragic history of failure, all hidden from public view under the agency’s
cloak
of secrecy.
Bush is right to assert that repressive regimes can no longer hide behind a
cloak
of sovereignty: what goes on inside tyrannies and failed states is of vital interest to the rest of the world.
To this end, the US and its allies should consider striking Assad’s strongholds in Syria, while establishing safe havens for the moderate opposition under the protective
cloak
of a no-fly zone.
Or they could be the ones who hold up a mirror to those in authority, making sure that the latter serve a good cause, and that they do not begin to use fine words as a
cloak
for evil deeds, as happened to so many intellectuals in politics in past centuries.
Mediaeval Italian life had at that time become so fascinating to him that he even began to wear his hat and throw his
cloak
across his shoulder in a mediaeval manner which was very becoming to him.
'Would you like to wait?' said Kapitonich, helping her off with her
cloak.
That's to say, all Petersburg will be there...Now she has gone in, taken off her
cloak
and come forward into the light.
But why should I?'Well then, I will be down on him!' said his wife smiling, as she stood in her white fur-lined
cloak
waiting for them to finish their talk.
In the little sledge sat Mary Vlasevna in a velvet
cloak
with a shawl over her head.
You yourself said "Give your coat when they would take your cloak..."!
Just then, a carriage had stopped before the door and a gentleman with decorations and a lady in a fur
cloak
alighted: visitors just arrived from Paris at the Marchiennes station, for Madame Hennebeau, who appeared in the shadow of the porch, was uttering exclamations of surprise and joy.
The decorated gentleman and the lady in the fur cloak, arrived that morning by train from Paris, opened their eyes vaguely, exhibiting on their faces their astonishment at all these new things which took them out of their element.
His meals were sent down to him, and he sometimes slept for a couple of hours on a truss of straw, rolled in a
cloak.
I swam more vigorously, but hampered by clothes that were as restricting as a
cloak
made of lead, I was managing with only the greatest difficulty.
Towards four o'clock in the morning, Charles, well wrapped up in his cloak, set out for the Bertaux.
Behind the door hung a
cloak
with a small collar, a bridle, and a black leather cap, and on the floor, in a corner, were a pair of leggings, still covered with dry mud.
Here behind the balustrade of a balcony was a young man in a short cloak, holding in his arms a young girl in a white dress wearing an alms-bag at her belt; or there were nameless portraits of English ladies with fair curls, who looked at you from under their round straw hats with their large clear eyes.
"It is going to rain," said Emma."I have a cloak," he answered.
Rodolphe had a large cloak; he wrapped her in it, and putting his arm round her waist, he drew her without a word to the end of the garden.
She had sent for Monsieur Lheureux, and had said to him—"I want a cloak—a large lined
cloak
with a deep collar."
As to the
cloak"
—she seemed to be reflecting—"do not bring it either; you can give me the maker's address, and tell him to have it ready for me."
In fact, at the height of Emma's illness, the latter, taking advantage of the circumstances to make his bill larger, had hurriedly brought the cloak, the travelling-bag, two trunks instead of one, and a number of other things.
So, striving to divert her thoughts, Emma determined now to see in this reproduction of her sorrows only a plastic fantasy, well enough to please the eye, and she even smiled internally with disdainful pity when at the back of the stage under the velvet hangings a man appeared in a black
cloak.
At last, when he had eaten his soup, put on his cloak, lighted his pipe, and grasped his whip, he calmly installed himself on his seat.
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