Thesaurus entry: veil

Veil.(Reference Source)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 1993 ;     547 words ... ... the early forms of the veil. The 20th cent. brought forth a great variety of veils — from large ... delicate, decorative nose veils. The modern veil, of chiffon or net ... embroidered or embossed. Veils have often had symbolic ...

Article: Veil Debate in Britain Is Also Divisive for Muslims
The Washington Post;  October 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 ...

Article: Veils
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages;      581 words ...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 ...

Article: Veil of ignorance rules in constitutional law.
Yale Law Journal;  November 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 ...

veil.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     505 words ... ... the early forms of the veil. The 20th cent. brought forth a great variety of veils--from large veils worn ... delicate, decorative nose veils. The modern veil, of chiffon or net ... embroidered or embossed. Veils have often had symbolic ...

Article: VEIL Interactive Technologies Granted Key U.S. Patent for ...
PR Newswire;  January 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 ...

Article: Abolishing veil piercing
Journal of Corporation Law;  April 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 ...