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Along the way, he delivered thinly veiled but pointed criticisms of his successor and the administration he will bring to the nation’s capital on January 20.

From Salon

A veil of wildfire smoke continued to linger over many Southern California communities Friday as conflagrations tore through the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains.

She could be sweet, evil, overbearing, put-upon, thoughtful, impulsive, girlish, vulnerable or manipulative and superimpose selected qualities for extra complexity, always with a compressed energy, obvious or veiled.

Her film is a satirical comedy about two newlywed brides getting accidentally swapped on a train because of their veils.

From BBC

To them, the hair covering incident offered a troubling glimpse into Syria's potential future under HTS, expressing fears that conservative policies could eventually mandate the veil for all women.

From BBC

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